Honda's now selling the first production car with level 3 self-driving

Re:Honda's now selling the first production car with level 3... by ggreer on Friday March 05, 2021 @02:55PM (#26361279)

Musk has never been a covid denier. He understood that covid wasn't as dangerous as many claimed, especially for younger and healthier people. The only thing close to covid denialism that I can find is Musk's decision to resume production at Tesla's Fremont plant in defiance of Alameda county lockdown orders. This was in May of 2020 after months of failed negotiations with government officials. It's important to note that unlike Bachman, Musk had skin in the game. He asked that if the government sent cops to shut down the factory, only he be arrested.[1] The factory resumed production and nobody was arrested. A week or so later, Alameda county changed its rules to allow the factory to operate legally.

1. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1259945593805221891 "Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules. I will be on the line with everyone else. If anyone is arrested, I ask that it only be me."

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Re:Honda's now selling the first production car with level 3... by Pyramus on Friday March 05, 2021 @03:33PM (#26361692)

Here's a selection of tweets for you, by a celebrity many still trust and consider a "scientific genius":

@elonmusk Mar 6, 2020

The coronavirus panic is dumb

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1236029449042198528

@elonmusk Mar 19, 2020

Based on current trends, probably close to zero new cases in US too by end of April

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1240754657263144960

@elonmusk Mar 19, 2020

Kids are essentially immune, but elderly with existing conditions are vulnerable. Family gatherings with close contact between kids & grandparents probably most risky.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1240758710646878208

@elonmusk Jun 29, 2020

There are a ridiculous number of false positive C19 tests, in some cases ~50%. False positives scale linearly with # of tests. This is a big part of why C19 positive tests are going up while hospitalizations & mortality are declining. Anyone who tests positive should retest.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1277507826529660928

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Re:Honda's now selling the first production car with level 3... by ggreer on Friday March 05, 2021 @05:56PM (#26363317)

The only screw-up I see is his prediction that the US would conquer the spread by the end of April. All the other info is pretty accurate, especially considering how little we knew back in March. Compared to most authorities and experts, he did a pretty good job. Remember two weeks to flatten the curve? Remember when the official line was that masks don't work?[1][2][3] Remember when the WHO said that travel bans are a bad idea?[4]

Musk was calling the panic dumb at the same time as the WHO was saying, "Our greatest enemy right now is not the coronavirus itself. It’s fear, rumours and stigma."[5] If we judge him by the same standards as every major institution (media, governments, NGOs), Musk is far less deserving of criticism. And unlike those institutions, Musk never claimed to be an expert on the topic.

1. https://twitter.com/WHOWPRO/status/1243171683067777024

2. https://twitter.com/UNGeneva/status/1244661916535930886

3. https://web.archive.org/web/20200312104152if_/https://twitte...

4. https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1224734993966096387

5. https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1233418231261646849

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