>> I don't know why this topic polarizes people to such an extreme degree. > Because some people are so rabidly anti-Elon You know, polarization takes at leas

>> I don't know why this topic polarizes people to such an extreme degree. > Because some people are so rabidly anti-Elon You know, polarization takes at least two poles. If some people are rabidly anti-Elon, so some people are rabidly pro-Elon. > Don't forget about the astronomers complaining about the global internet being provided by Starlink They do not complain about the global internet. They have nothing against the global internet per se. They complain about satellites. There are no fundamental physical laws stating that the global internet comes with littering the sky with thousands of bright satellites. They can be less bright at least, or probably one can use some military expertise on making flying objects undetectable by any means. Then come costs/benefits analysis and the question becomes too difficult for an armchair experts to grasp. So they instead prefer to construct a strawman they feel comfortable to fight. When you allow yourself to use such a rhetoric devices, you shouldn't be surprised when the other side becomes polarized. They reciprocate and then you feel the right or even an obligation to throw some more shit into your discussion, and then you have no chance for a meaningful discussion.