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Well, more from the social media process that selects for whatever interpretation of evidence best matches the narrative they want, rather than the narrative th
by Veedrac 3y ago
Well, more from the social media process that selects for whatever interpretation of evidence best matches the narrative they want, rather than the narrative that best matches the sum of evidence. The biography did not in fact say he did this, or even argue for it, or even evidence it. It was just the easiest source to interpret that way, and the sources where Musk said* “it doesn't have to be hyperloop, we should just do anything that is even incrementally ahead of what China and Japan are doing, rather than something that's the worst in the world” get ignored, because the actual truth is rarely viral.
*paraphrasing from memory from the last time I had this argument and found an interview from the time