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What hard proof is there of him doing something hard that you have expertise on? If he lies, so badly, so hilariously, about being good at video games -- aprop

What hard proof is there of him doing something hard that you have expertise on? If he lies, so badly, so hilariously, about being good at video games -- apropos nobody caring whether he is -- what else is he lying about? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N-WW0UDrVQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N-WW0UDrVQ As a YT comment on another video put it: > For anyone unfamiliar with Path of Exile 2, this is like someone pretending to be a grandmaster chess player not knowing how a rook moves. There are no ifs or buts about that. Either you know this is true, or you also don't know the game Elon pretended to be one of the best players of. Or take him just talking nonsense about Twitter, then firing the person who corrects him: https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/14/musk_twitter_rpc_spat/ https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/14/musk_twitter_rpc_spat... None of that squares with being intellectually curious. Never mind him claiming Hitler was a communist. It's like saying someone build 20 hospitals in [country] because they "are so compassionate". But I, with my own eyes, see him kick a homeless person and bark an ugly laugh, and more than once, so I know for a fact that even if his signature is on some papers related to those hospitals, even if he was involved with the planning and whatnot, it is not because he is "so compassionate". So in the same way I know none of this is because he is so very intelligent and pragmatic. At least if I think of intelligence as something general, simply the ability to think and memorize and connect facts. That's just not in the cards anymore.

adamtaylor_13 2y ago
I don’t have expertise on much, so I’m not sure what to tell you there. Bragging about being good at a video game isn’t exactly a critique I really care about. Most people who surmount incredible odds aren’t normal, stable people so I don’t know what your point is. Also, SpaceX is proof that he’s done hard things. Again, all this is documented in the book. If you’re someone who cares about intellectual curiosity, you should check out the book for yourself.
- computerthings 2y ago
  When someone claims they are a grandmaster in chess, and then talks about how the king is important ("you can tell because it's very tall")... and doesn't know how the rook moves, then yeah, if you never heard of chess, and can't be bothered to learn why that is so terribly telling, then you can indeed say nothing to that. > Most people who surmount incredible odds aren’t normal, stable people so I don’t know what your point is. The issue isn't "not being normal", that's not just moving the goal posts, that's throwing them away and saying "I don't see the problem". Fine, so you don't see it. Doesn't make it go away. I asked for one thing you have evidence for him doing that you personally have expertise on. That's not "documented in the book", because you are not mentioned in the book.

adamtaylor_13 2y ago

I don’t have expertise on much, so I’m not sure what to tell you there. Bragging about being good at a video game isn’t exactly a critique I really care about. Most people who surmount incredible odds aren’t normal, stable people so I don’t know what your point is. Also, SpaceX is proof that he’s done hard things. Again, all this is documented in the book. If you’re someone who cares about intellectual curiosity, you should check out the book for yourself.

computerthings 2y ago
When someone claims they are a grandmaster in chess, and then talks about how the king is important ("you can tell because it's very tall")... and doesn't know how the rook moves, then yeah, if you never heard of chess, and can't be bothered to learn why that is so terribly telling, then you can indeed say nothing to that. > Most people who surmount incredible odds aren’t normal, stable people so I don’t know what your point is. The issue isn't "not being normal", that's not just moving the goal posts, that's throwing them away and saying "I don't see the problem". Fine, so you don't see it. Doesn't make it go away. I asked for one thing you have evidence for him doing that you personally have expertise on. That's not "documented in the book", because you are not mentioned in the book.