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Thunderf00t is hit and miss. Some videos are scepticism, small mindedness, long pessimistic rant without substance and no debunking

manigandham 5y ago
Which debunking video was like that?
- space_rock 5y ago
  "Veritasium: BUSTED!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Hyy1zRZPiQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Hyy1zRZPiQ This is his area of expertise and is a great "busting" video Trash: "Elon Musk Invents UNDERGROUND Traffic Jam!" "Tesla Bot" No debunking. Small mindedness, pessimistic rant. Just says Elon will fail but not clear how he knows he will fail
  - kisstheblade 5y ago
    He actually has outlined exactly what's wrong with these ideas. I mean the hyperloop was supposed to be "like an air hockey table", well guess what, musk now "advocates for wheels"... It's just a really bad and unworkable idea. The idea of 1000km long vacuum tubes is beyond stupid, when we already have high speed rail. Please tell me how stating these facts are "small minded" or "pessimistic". His main point is usually about the massive unwarranted hype and blind hero worship around these concepts, and usually scams (the water stuff and other kickstarter projects). The truth hurts, I guess.
    - space_rock 5y ago
      I never mentioned hyperloop. Again this is the level of reply I would expect of Thunderf00t. You can do better
      - kisstheblade 5y ago
        This relates to hyperloop "Elon Musk Invents UNDERGROUND Traffic Jam!"
        space_rock 5y ago
        That video is about the Boring Company. They are making tunnels not hyperloops
  - manigandham 5y ago
    Sure, some videos are more of a rant and he can come across abrasive but I think the fundamental arguments are valid. Hyperloop isn't a viable concept ever since it's been conceived over a century ago. And the tunnel projects have so far been underwhelming and universally panned as worse than a standard lightrail or subway. The only thing that's relatively unknown is the "Tesla Bot" but considering that self-driving AI is still unsolved, let alone any kind of general intelligence, I don't think there's much behind that either.

manigandham 5y ago

Which debunking video was like that?

space_rock 5y ago
"Veritasium: BUSTED!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Hyy1zRZPiQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Hyy1zRZPiQ This is his area of expertise and is a great "busting" video Trash: "Elon Musk Invents UNDERGROUND Traffic Jam!" "Tesla Bot" No debunking. Small mindedness, pessimistic rant. Just says Elon will fail but not clear how he knows he will fail
- kisstheblade 5y ago
  He actually has outlined exactly what's wrong with these ideas. I mean the hyperloop was supposed to be "like an air hockey table", well guess what, musk now "advocates for wheels"... It's just a really bad and unworkable idea. The idea of 1000km long vacuum tubes is beyond stupid, when we already have high speed rail. Please tell me how stating these facts are "small minded" or "pessimistic". His main point is usually about the massive unwarranted hype and blind hero worship around these concepts, and usually scams (the water stuff and other kickstarter projects). The truth hurts, I guess.
  - space_rock 5y ago
    I never mentioned hyperloop. Again this is the level of reply I would expect of Thunderf00t. You can do better
    - kisstheblade 5y ago
      This relates to hyperloop "Elon Musk Invents UNDERGROUND Traffic Jam!"
      - space_rock 5y ago
        That video is about the Boring Company. They are making tunnels not hyperloops
- manigandham 5y ago
  Sure, some videos are more of a rant and he can come across abrasive but I think the fundamental arguments are valid. Hyperloop isn't a viable concept ever since it's been conceived over a century ago. And the tunnel projects have so far been underwhelming and universally panned as worse than a standard lightrail or subway. The only thing that's relatively unknown is the "Tesla Bot" but considering that self-driving AI is still unsolved, let alone any kind of general intelligence, I don't think there's much behind that either.