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Originally posted by ledvm:
I do have respect for Elon. Some things he does I dislike others I like.

What I do like are his libertarian principles. I can live with the rest and let him live as well.

I will say though…if you don’t think Elon is intelligent…try to get yourself to where he is and accomplish what he has done and see how difficult it is. It doesn’t happen by accident.

I give the man his due and don’t try to tear him down out of envy.

You could not run fast enough to give me an EV and I think the concept of EVs from an environmental protection aspect is both dumb and hypocritical.

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Originally posted by Jefffive:
What makes people think Musk is a genius?

His money came from his father's emerald mine and he's never invented anything except the ugliest, most useless pickup truck ever built. All his great "innovations" he bought from other people, and he paid $44 billion for Twitter when it was worth half that and has managed to devalue it by at least 75% and run off every serious advertiser they had.

The people who think Musk is a genius also think Trump is.

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Originally posted by crbutler:
As I see it, if it’s an open source platform- ie anyone can post, it’s impossible to police for factuality.

Some things could be researched, some would be pretty small interest and a drain on resources, and by definition the fact checkers can be in error as well.

If you understand it’s an open forum, you know there is factual error.

In my mind, I’d rather have all comers be able to speak and allow me to decide truthfulness rather than have an unknown editor making the decisions intermittently and thus making people justify the source as “it’s got to be true, it’s published” (or whatever).

Frankly, I have no interest in Twitter/X but I can certainly disregard it as being a verified source.

It is useful in letting you know what some folks believe as opposed to facts.