People don't really take Elon at his word anyway. They lap up his mystical attitude towards starry eyed goals. He appears to be a really science and tech orien

People don't really take Elon at his word anyway. They lap up his mystical attitude towards starry eyed goals. He appears to be a really science and tech oriented guy and he is technical but people dont come to hear it. His conversations in the public focus heavily on symbolic action, mysteries of the future and innovation and very little on analyzing fundamental technical challenges. His presentations are like Steve Jobs with a focus on mysticism but the public takes Elon's technical and analytical ability for granted, like a protected trait. None of his fans really want to get into the nitty gritty and his PR strategy seems to be fine with that.