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Well deserved but I do have a bone to pick with awards retrospectively given after the outcome and then attributing success to individuals ex post facto. What
by confluence 14y ago
Well deserved but I do have a bone to pick with awards retrospectively given after the outcome and then attributing success to individuals ex post facto.
What exactly is the point of calling a success after the success? Seems like redundant ass kissing to me.
A fawning mix between humanity's hindsight bias mixed with a large dollop of the sharp shooter fallacy.
Indeed, if I recall correctly, two of the most awarded companies of the late 90s were Enron and MCI WorldCom by the likes of Fortune, Forbes and other "respectable" business journals.
Not stating that Musk is like those guys at all - but it does make me wonder about the true purpose of awards.
- Nevaeh 14y agoElon probably shares your sentiments, since he was an avid reader of Feynman. Source: http://www.iop.org/careers/workinglife/profiles/page_37749.html http://www.iop.org/careers/workinglife/profiles/page_37749.h... Feynman himself once said that he didn't like honors: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f61KMw5zVhg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f61KMw5zVhg So when Elon won the Lady Vivamus sword after accepting the heinlein award for advances in space commercialization, he fools around with it instead of just being another trophy, sometimes to impress the ladies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRpqZjfFzGg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRpqZjfFzGg
- jilli2 14y agoYeah Elon is perfect. Except for being peer pressured by shady super wealthy people.
- Nevaeh 14y agoI apologize for the hero worship, but I was merely trying to share some information that might be interesting to others. Elon is by no means perfect, his public speaking needs a lot of work, for example. Curiously though, he doesn't stutter at all when he was interviewed by Hannah. =)