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There are lots of great technical interviews with him on Yt that show the opposite is true.

Could you link a few? I'd be interested, cause it's not the feeling I get from him.

Here you have Dr. Daniel Rasky, a NASA Senior scientist talking about SpaceX and Elon. Daniel Rasky was involved in specific studies that were comparing operation of NASA and private companies. He also has first hand experience from working at SpaceX and with Elon. He is expert on advanced entry systems and thermal protection materials and he was for example involved in decision to select PICA as a heat shield for Dragon, and he explains how that went with Elon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxIiiwD9C0E

Here is Elon answering questions of National Academy of Science members about Starship. He explains in detail why he pushed the team towards steel and away from carbon fibers:

https://youtu.be/da3iF2Np51A?t=951

Here you have another direct conversation with Elon:

https://youtu.be/t705r8ICkRw?t=172

Here is Elon discussing with Sundy Munro mass manufacturing and engineering.

Sandy Munro is a veteran engineer from General Motors supplier and directly at Ford. Sandy Munro is now running a consultancy company that tear downs cars and suggests improvements to wide range of clients from the car industry.

https://youtu.be/YAtLTLiqNwg?t=78

Thanks, half of the videos I didn’t even know.

Also, Musk was doing a physics PhD in battery tech at Stanford when he dropped out to found Zip2.

Yup, I think he has done like 1 day of it, before he dropped off.

There is some long running pattern here with getting cold feet on bad decisions ^^ .

He was accepted into it, that’s the important part. But then the internet took off and it was the right time to be in that place. Remember, back then he was just another immigrant kid.

It’s funny how quickly the left changed from loving him for turning the car industry on its head to hating him for taking away the left’s hate machine. Oh well.

> He was accepted into it, that’s the important part.

Being accepted is not the important part of PhD work, no.

Am I on Reddit here?

Don't be jealous of Musks intellect. The behavior is very childish. Just study and try harder and one day you can be successful, as well.

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