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I considered hard weather this really belongs in Technology, but came to the conclusion that exposing a scammer that is considered a tech genius, does belong here. Because debunking a technology company is as important as showing it, when it’s considered valid.

That said, I believe most people here are already aware that Musk is not to be trusted blindly. But just how bad it really is, may be news to some.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    2417·
    11 months ago

    Remember Thunderf00t may open himself to lawsuits making these claims publicly. But I’m sure he considered that first, and came to the conclusion, that everything he says, he can document is true. I’ve run into his material from time to time already from about 15 years ago, and he is 100% a VERY smart guy, that knows what he is talking about.

    • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1513·
      11 months ago

      Except about SpaceX, I’m not going to dig though the threads right now, but he’s been hilariously wrong about SpaceX in the past. Though not as bad as common sense skeptic though if I’m remembering right.

      • Buffalox@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        199·
        11 months ago

        How is he wrong about SpaceX? As far as I can tell, he is spot on. If a NASA program had as many failures as SpaceX has, it would be closed down. And the economic claims Musk make for SpaceX are insane.

        • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          95·
          11 months ago

          I think it was the comparisons to other launch vehicles that were very apples to oranges. But as I said, I’d rather not dig through the Reddit threads to find them. I think they were on SpaceX lounge a few years ago? Common sense skeptic commented, but I don’t think thunderfoot did.

          • Buffalox@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            519·
            11 months ago

            Are you aware he is a chemist, and has worked in areas related. Not 1 in a thousand understand as well as he how a rocket actually works.
            So my guess is that almost everybody else, myself included, who speak on those issues know less.
            Have you seen actual experts contradict what he said?

            • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              162·
              10 months ago

              Yeah I know he’s a chemist. I’m an engineer. Some of the other people in the thread were engineers too. Anyway, it was just Wikipedia level incorrect information sort of stuff more than deduction of chemistry.

          • Buffalox@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            44·
            11 months ago

            Starship is a very ambitious program, really pushing the boundaries

            Oh boy! Do you mean kind of like Hyperloop and Full Autonomous driving? Or maybe the laughable Human/Robot AI program, where Its stated goal is “to understand the true nature of the universe”?!?! How do you not see Musk is a narcissist, if he believes his own idiocy, he is an idiot, if not he is a con man, there is no between.

            declaring it doomed based on the test flight results so far is really premature.

            I don’t, I just don’t believe the economic forecast Musk is claiming. Just like when he in 2019 claimed buying any other car than a Tesla would be stupid, because only Tesla would have full self driving next year.

              • Buffalox@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
                2·
                11 months ago

                Full Autonomous driving is definitely also a very ambitious project. I do think it is in principle feasible, and has great potential,

                Problem is he promised it was basically ready in 2016, and would be available for customers “next year”. Yes “we” will eventually get there I think, but it will probably not be Tesla.

                I do think Musk is a narcissist, I don’t think he is an idiot.

                I agree, He is mostly an idiot because he can’t help being a narcissist, it makes him behave irrationally with over confidence.

                I also don’t think he is a genius, more like someone with decent amount of technical competence

                Exactly, obviously he has some sort of competence running a business, but you can be both competent in one way and an idiot in others at the same time.

                I don’t think that takes away much from the actual achievements of both Tesla and especially SpaceX however.

                Yes I admit the success of Tesla is a huge achievement, and I too defended Musk for making the electric car cool and also show it was feasible. When the critics began. I still admit that’s a significant achievement, but today as ThunderF00t says, just because he may have been a net positive, doesn’t mean we should look the other way when he does harm later.