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It is fair to call Elon Musk a grifter. I’d invite you to take a look at the what he has promised with Hyperloop. Just from an engineering perspective, his pla
by acoustics 4y ago
It is fair to call Elon Musk a grifter.
I’d invite you to take a look at the what he has promised with Hyperloop. Just from an engineering perspective, his plans are completely infeasible. He sold the public (including governments) on fancy sci-fi renderings.
- loceng 4y agoIsn't the issue here that you're putting such a weight or strong conviction on Elon as any promises he makes are gospel, the problem is you're putting him on a pedestal and under unreasonable expectations? And I'm familiar with the Hyperloop: an almost vacuum tube system [vehicle on a skate that accelerates] that can travel up to 1,223 kmph. You're aware of Tesla and his success with SpaceX, that he's an engineer, and that they put out a 30+ page white paper on the Hyperloop outlining their math - and I'd trust math by a team who's running SpaceX, no? So what specific claim and logic can you put forward that outweighs the proven expertise/competency of Elon, SpaceX et al? Anything? Or you just simplify things down to "grifter" and/or "conman" and that's satisfying enough for you?