@rodhilton something I've been increasingly convinced...

K`Tetch

@rodhilton something I've been increasingly convinced of is that he isn't smart.
He manages to cover that by having a decent memory and being able to cold read people.
All the SpaceX stuff I've seen where people say he's smart deals with conversations about generic stuff, or him talking with experts on their opinions.
Things where he can keep up with what he's read, and respond to people like a psychic does.
Also why he's so socially awkward- it needs definitive topics to get cueable reactions

Like 25 Dec 2022 at 10:37 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.online

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K`Tetch

@rodhilton of course, I also knew he was full of shit since the start.
I too wated to go to mars,, but instead of buying a degree in economics focusing on business management, I went and studied robotics focusing on teleprescence, and then particle/astrophysics .
Lots of his own statements have been crap, often elementary things dressed up to be big deals, and never any explanation why, or what next steps could be, because he just doesn't understand, only regurgitate what he's read.

25 Dec 2022 at 10:46 | Open on mastodon.online

Ben

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@rodhilton
So he's using the arts of a grifter to pass himself off as a genius instead of a psychic. That tracks.

25 Dec 2022 at 11:00 | Open on chaos.social

K`Tetch

@adversary @rodhilton
Yeah, what clinched it was a talk with Brian Mosdell, where when he was being hired, instead of Musk wanting to talk to him about landing pads (the area he was being hired to do) and wanted to talk about the delta IV engines Mosdell had worked with previously. The engines were public info he could read up on, but cold reading makes you look weirdly over-competent when the other person is THE expert in the field (since you're reflecting their knowledge).

25 Dec 2022 at 11:16 | Open on mastodon.online