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If anyone other than Musk was saying the EXACT same thing no one would care and they would have been laughed at. But Elon says something and everyone loses the
by borplk 9y ago
If anyone other than Musk was saying the EXACT same thing no one would care and they would have been laughed at.
But Elon says something and everyone loses their minds.
Let thoughts stand for themselves. Why attach so much weight to the speaker?
- AVTizzle 9y agoThis is a nice ideal, but not how the human brain works.
- jaimex2 9y agoBecause reputation counts. We listen to experts in their respective fields, Musk has a reputation as a future thinker with a track record to back it up. Also he doesn't just blurt out something without explaining it, his reasons are grounded.
- azinman2 9y agoBecause understanding the context of the speaker frames what you assume has been or not been considered to reach their conclusion. If I said search is a joke, you’d probably ignore it and move on, but if Sergei Brin said so you’d want to learn more.