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But he did say that [0] and he does intentionally deceive customes. One of the key reasons why it doesn't constitute as fraud is his abundant use of "I'm confi
by AmINotARobot 3y ago
But he did say that [0] and he does intentionally deceive customes.
One of the key reasons why it doesn't constitute as fraud is his abundant use of "I'm confident that ____" (and similar) he uses when stating these ludicrous things. It is deceptive and it is amoral but legally it is not fraud since those are opinions and not stated as facts.
[0] Article summarizing keynote (Apr. 2019) - https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-autonomous-driving-level-5-model-3-robotaxi/ https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-autonomous-driving-lev...
- buffington 3y agoI think that's giving Elon Musk too much credit. I think Elon says things fully expecting them to become true. Whenever I hear him say "I'm confident that X will happen by Y", I mentally add "provided that every single engineer at [one of his companies] puts in 20 hour days for 2 years and manages to solve a mountain of problems that have never been solved before." Sometimes it works, which unfortunately encourages the behavior.
- JohnFen 3y ago> I think Elon says things fully expecting them to become true. I thought that of him years ago, but it's become really clear to me since then that he just lies. But, practically speaking, that distinction doesn't matter much. Either way, it means you can't believe anything he says just because he says it.
- wkat4242 3y agoThe best liars believe their own lies. I fully expect he does too. A bit like Steve Jobs' reality distortion field.
- ModernMech 3y ago> I'm confident that So not a fraudster, just a confidence man… a conman.
- DoesntMatter22 3y agoSaying he's confident it would happen is not saying that it will happen for certain. So no he didn't say that.