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I'm on the fence about whether he's intentionally bullshitting or whether he's just off the charts optimistic to the point of being a bit delusional. It seems l
by api 4y ago
I'm on the fence about whether he's intentionally bullshitting or whether he's just off the charts optimistic to the point of being a bit delusional. It seems like when he becomes convinced that something is physically possible he goes "all in" and jumps right to "yeah we can do this now!"
I've met a lot of engineers like this. I can occasionally do it at times. I think maybe the difference with him is that he has a ton of capital and a massive reputation from amazing successes like SpaceX VTOL rockets, which makes people take his sometimes unhinged optimism seriously.
On a personal character level I hear lots of conflicting stores and don't know the guy, so I remain agnostic. If the bad stuff is true it comes down to that eternal "separating the artist from the art" question. Can you still like a musicians' music if they are an asshole (or worse)? Same question here.