Franklin's irreverence is valuable and interesting in light of his overwhelming civic and scientific contributions. This is not true of Musk: I don't think even

Franklin's irreverence is valuable and interesting in light of his overwhelming civic and scientific contributions. This is not true of Musk: I don't think even the most fervent fan of his can deny that Musk is (1) a businessman, not a scientist, and (2) not a particularly valuable contributor to the civic substrate of the country he lives in.