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Thunderfoot has pretty dubious credibility as it is though... It's sort of like, once you make a name for yourself by pointing out what is wrong, suddenly ever

• OJFord 3y ago
  See also EEVBlog, former electronics hobbyism turned exposé of enormous niche scams/bad product ideas you've never heard of.
• mrguyorama 3y ago
  I understand calling him pompous, or an ass, and he had that period where he basically was a part of gamergate for a minute (maybe he still believes those kinds of things, I'm not in his head). He definitely will take a "debunking" that should take two minutes of math, and spends 20 minutes basically reveling in "just how wrong" the supposed Bad Man is. But when has he been wrong, in a way that would cause you to call his credibility "dubious"? When has he called out an Infinite energy machine, or a "pull water out of the air in a desert" machine, or an Elon project, and been wrong?
  • MarkusQ 3y ago
    Well, IIRC, he said there was no economic or technical advantage to reusing rockets, and predicted the demise of SpaceX. That Tesla would never produce a semi-truck, then when it did he significantly misrepresented the details so he could "bust" it. And probably others. I try not to waste much brain space storing his BS.