Tesla wants to be isolated from criticism. Why? It's not just because this will show how bad they are relative to competition. The real reason is much more conc

Tesla wants to be isolated from criticism. Why? It's not just because this will show how bad they are relative to competition. The real reason is much more concerning. Criticism of Tesla would deconstruct their dualist narrative. Tesla has sold the public on the notion that "good enough" self-driving is objectively safer than human driving. Anyone who accepts this narrative can consider the failure of human driving safety as an ultimate bad, which implies that Tesla's automated driving alternative is an ultimate good. This dogmatic thinking hinges on Tesla's vague assertion that automated driving in general is statistically safer than human driving in general. As soon as people engage with any criticism of this narrative whatsoever, the dualist perspective is lost, and the narrative itself falls apart.