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We really should have understood what was going to happen in the world when someone else tweeted: "Based on current trends, probably close to zero new cases in
by exasperaited 1y ago
We really should have understood what was going to happen in the world when someone else tweeted:
"Based on current trends, probably close to zero new cases in US too by end of April"
Many things make me think Elon Musk uniquely benefits from Gell-Mann amnesia but the idea that anyone should have listened to him about anything other than rockets or cars should have been jettisoned right then and there. Because what he was saying was unsupportable by evidence right at the moment he said it.
Instead, here we are.
- ZeroGravitas 1y agoHe also tweeted about making cars with sub 10 micron accuracy for all parts, so I wouldn't trust him with cars or rockets either. Clearly his money employs a lot of smart people, some of whom are not actively doing evil.