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He's been pretty upfront about his date prediction abilities: https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-blames-missed-model-3-production-targets-stupidity-2018
by aeternus 8y ago
He's been pretty upfront about his date prediction abilities:
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-blames-missed-model-3-production-targets-stupidity-2018-12 https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-blames-missed-mode...
- ClassyJacket 8y agoAnd yet he continues doing it. The problem isn't that people are demanding accurate dates for launches and then getting mad he wasn't exactly correct, the problem is that he is underestimating launch times significantly and stating them publicly with confidence.
- mlindner 8y agoHumans have flaws. Elon is no different in that respect.
- ClassyJacket 8y agoHe could simply say he doesn't know.
- SEJeff 8y agoBut these are actual dates he gives his engineers. Unsurprisingly, engineering is very difficult. He's pushing them to reach the stars, and they've only managed to reach the moon so to speak. He's fanatical about pushing them to be their very best (depending on your POV).
- azinman2 8y agoI was more thinking about self driving