Comment by skywhopper

9 hours ago

He believes in the value of the idea of “space compute” for attracting investors to SpaceX. But the existence of the idea of “space compute” as a better way to deploy datacenters (along with everything else Musk has claimed in the past decade) should give everyone pause as to the plausibility of literally everything else he says.

> along with everything else Musk has claimed in the past decade

* mass produced EVs * Neural links to brain * reusable rockets * more efficient tunnel digging

Dude has a pretty good record of taking stuff in R&D and making pretty real products and/or companies. Can you name someone better?

> He believes in [...]

...the value of having others buy the idea of space computing. I don't think he himself believes in what he says.

> should give everyone pause as to the plausibility of literally everything else he says.

That ship has sailed, we're in the Age of Cults. If you're a believer you're probably also invested in his companies, so your mind is doubly-clouded.

  • > so your mind is doubly-clouded

    Further I think external agents are controlling their mind.