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> Elon has the engineering team, along with himself, from SpaceX to reference and understand the physics of the tunnel transportation systems they are developin
by Alupis 6y ago
> Elon has the engineering team, along with himself, from SpaceX to reference and understand the physics of the tunnel transportation systems they are developing.
This is nonesense. Being an "Engineer" doesn't automatically make you capable of engineering anything.
Engineering rockets is a very different discipline from engineering tunnels in earth and rock. I'd be surprised if anything other than very basic physics applied to both problems.
And... let's not kid ourselves. Musk is not engineering anything at any of his companies.
- loceng 6y agoIf you understood how learning worked then yes, if you're a good engineer you will be capable of applying those skills and mathematics to whatever engineering problems they are - which doesn't exclude also hiring experts that are further along in knowledge and understanding than you and learning more for yourself. And you're right the engineering is similar but different, the real additional value comes from the CEO then making the right organizational calls - which he can do because of his engineering and prior experiencing starting and scaling companies. You simply disbelieving Musk is an engineer is you getting in the way of yourself.