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Musk lied about his degree (sources: https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1SZerKotu3YRHtuPyqeCa3RJBZX8t9NbVSpkLdbHfCpE/ https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d

by lilaa 3y ago

Musk lied about his degree (sources: https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1SZerKotu3YRHtuPyqeCa3RJBZX8t9NbVSpkLdbHfCpE/ https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1SZerKotu3YRHtuPyqeCa...) He's a grifter and a narcissist who was very good at throwing money at the right companies and taking credit as 'founder'. I guess he is 'smart' in some sense, but not the kind he likes to pretend to be.

rowanG077 3y ago
This is total misinformation. UPenn confirmed themselves he holds physics and economics degrees https://www.plainsite.org/documents/tbdmox/2019-email-from-the-university-of-pennsylvania-confirming-elon-musks-physics-degree/ https://www.plainsite.org/documents/tbdmox/2019-email-from-t... It's just insane how Musk can spur such misinformation campaigns. It reminds me off the whole Obama birth certificate stuff. People are just not thinking right.
- defrost 3y ago
  That's, ahh, a Bachelor of Arts Physics degree. That comes from a broad liberal arts education and attending "Physics for non-physics people" lectures. He's seen the Foucalt's Pendulum and heavy pendulum swinging at the head demonstrations but never had to get into the weeds with tensor calculations or most of the material B.Sc Physics grads would consider essential. It's more physics than a History graduate would typically see, but less physics than, say, an Engineering graduate would be required to do. It's technically a Physics degree, sure, but it's easy to see how many STEM people wouldn't regard that as an actual Physics degree.
  - rowanG077 3y ago
    I don't see why what you are talking about is relevant. I simply responded to the person saying he was spreading a fake story. Musk never claimed he had a Bachelor of Science in Physics as far as I know.
    - defrost 3y ago
      I don't particularly have a dog in this fight, I'm Australian, have never been either a Mask fan nor naysayer, I was simply curious when I saw the degree details posted. It's quite an okay degree combo for a manager to have, Econ, Business, + exposure to some STEM. And that's it, degree wise (sans any independant skill) it doesn't show any particularly ability in physics and|or engineering and were he to (say) apply to spaceX or elsewhere as an Engineer | STEM graduate for an Engineer | STEM role, on the basis of that bit of paper he'd be either binned or passed to "potential mid manager" pile. I've been a part time STEM teaching assistent on and off for decades (six months, one or two courses, every third year) as a way of keeping in touch with old uni friends, a STEM consultant group, and upcoming talent looking for work .. liberal arts students doing 101 bridging corses vary widely in ability and mostly pass regardless (if they attend, hand in easy papers, and don't fluff rote exams) .. that's their skill level, STEM aware. Some have actual STEM talent, many trade on the pretence of STEM talent. TLDR; the relevance is that degree is no real evidence of any particular STEM skill. Very probably (and I do mean this) Mr. Bean is|was a better Engineer than Musk (although admittedly he dropped out of his doctoral work for a more lucrative career)

by lilaa 3y ago

rowanG077 3y ago

This is total misinformation. UPenn confirmed themselves he holds physics and economics degrees https://www.plainsite.org/documents/tbdmox/2019-email-from-the-university-of-pennsylvania-confirming-elon-musks-physics-degree/ https://www.plainsite.org/documents/tbdmox/2019-email-from-t... It's just insane how Musk can spur such misinformation campaigns. It reminds me off the whole Obama birth certificate stuff. People are just not thinking right.

defrost 3y ago
That's, ahh, a Bachelor of Arts Physics degree. That comes from a broad liberal arts education and attending "Physics for non-physics people" lectures. He's seen the Foucalt's Pendulum and heavy pendulum swinging at the head demonstrations but never had to get into the weeds with tensor calculations or most of the material B.Sc Physics grads would consider essential. It's more physics than a History graduate would typically see, but less physics than, say, an Engineering graduate would be required to do. It's technically a Physics degree, sure, but it's easy to see how many STEM people wouldn't regard that as an actual Physics degree.
- rowanG077 3y ago
  I don't see why what you are talking about is relevant. I simply responded to the person saying he was spreading a fake story. Musk never claimed he had a Bachelor of Science in Physics as far as I know.
  - defrost 3y ago
    I don't particularly have a dog in this fight, I'm Australian, have never been either a Mask fan nor naysayer, I was simply curious when I saw the degree details posted. It's quite an okay degree combo for a manager to have, Econ, Business, + exposure to some STEM. And that's it, degree wise (sans any independant skill) it doesn't show any particularly ability in physics and|or engineering and were he to (say) apply to spaceX or elsewhere as an Engineer | STEM graduate for an Engineer | STEM role, on the basis of that bit of paper he'd be either binned or passed to "potential mid manager" pile. I've been a part time STEM teaching assistent on and off for decades (six months, one or two courses, every third year) as a way of keeping in touch with old uni friends, a STEM consultant group, and upcoming talent looking for work .. liberal arts students doing 101 bridging corses vary widely in ability and mostly pass regardless (if they attend, hand in easy papers, and don't fluff rote exams) .. that's their skill level, STEM aware. Some have actual STEM talent, many trade on the pretence of STEM talent. TLDR; the relevance is that degree is no real evidence of any particular STEM skill. Very probably (and I do mean this) Mr. Bean is|was a better Engineer than Musk (although admittedly he dropped out of his doctoral work for a more lucrative career)