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The more realistic outcome would be that Elon promises a cure for cancer is coming next year and repeats saying that every year until all of his competitors hav

The more realistic outcome would be that Elon promises a cure for cancer is coming next year and repeats saying that every year until all of his competitors have caught up.

danaris 3y ago
...or he finds someone who's just about to find one, buys the rights from them to say that it was him, and then charges $millions a head for the cure.
wilg 3y ago
Yes, because famously his competitors have caught up in rockets and electric cars.
- travisporter 3y ago
  SpaceX is just an amazing anomaly in every sense of the word. Tesla is nowhere near that.
  - wilg 3y ago
    Point is they’re ahead of the competitors on pretty much any metric you could point to.
d23 3y ago
And then he calls the people who call him out on it pedophiles.
- nailer 3y ago
  He called one specific british man living in a specific part of Thailand a paedophile
  - Larrikin 3y ago
    Are you saying it's ok to call someone you're arguing with on the internet a pedophile with no evidence, if it's just one British person living in Thailand? What point are you making? Edit: Looking at your post history, do you own a lot of SpaceX and Tesla stock? You do a lot of name calling to defend Elon, so your opinion defending one of the world's richest guys doesn't seem altruistic.
    - nailer 3y ago
      Addressing your edit: 1. I have not called anyone names. That is also false. 2. All people deserve defending from untrue statements about them regardless of how wealthy they are, I'm not sure why anyone would think otherwise.
    - nailer 3y ago
      > And then he calls the people who call him out on it pedophiles. > What point are you making? That your statement was inaccurate.
      - d23 3y ago
        It wasn't their statement, it was mine, and your response concedes that Musk did exactly that. I just can't wrap my head around this. How can you both concede the behavior and be perfectly fine with and defend it?
        nailer 3y ago
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        dang 3y ago
        Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for, we've warned you many times before, and if you keep doing it we're going to have to ban you. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.

The more realistic outcome would be that Elon promises a cure for cancer is coming next year and repeats saying that every year until all of his competitors have caught up.

danaris 3y ago

...or he finds someone who's just about to find one, buys the rights from them to say that it was him, and then charges $millions a head for the cure.

wilg 3y ago

Yes, because famously his competitors have caught up in rockets and electric cars.

travisporter 3y ago
SpaceX is just an amazing anomaly in every sense of the word. Tesla is nowhere near that.
- wilg 3y ago
  Point is they’re ahead of the competitors on pretty much any metric you could point to.

d23 3y ago

And then he calls the people who call him out on it pedophiles.

nailer 3y ago
He called one specific british man living in a specific part of Thailand a paedophile
- Larrikin 3y ago
  Are you saying it's ok to call someone you're arguing with on the internet a pedophile with no evidence, if it's just one British person living in Thailand? What point are you making? Edit: Looking at your post history, do you own a lot of SpaceX and Tesla stock? You do a lot of name calling to defend Elon, so your opinion defending one of the world's richest guys doesn't seem altruistic.
  - nailer 3y ago
    Addressing your edit: 1. I have not called anyone names. That is also false. 2. All people deserve defending from untrue statements about them regardless of how wealthy they are, I'm not sure why anyone would think otherwise.
  - nailer 3y ago
    > And then he calls the people who call him out on it pedophiles. > What point are you making? That your statement was inaccurate.
    - d23 3y ago
      It wasn't their statement, it was mine, and your response concedes that Musk did exactly that. I just can't wrap my head around this. How can you both concede the behavior and be perfectly fine with and defend it?
      - nailer 3y ago
        [flagged]
        dang 3y ago
        Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for, we've warned you many times before, and if you keep doing it we're going to have to ban you. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.