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Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by Avicebron on Friday May 13, 2022 @07:47AM (#31366255)
I do, I happen to be one, but I've never approached someone who wasn't an engineer like they have the mental capacity of a child (baring literal children). I can't play the cello, but I know music majors who can and they would struggle in Thermo. I don't see how anything but hubris can make someone see differently.
Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by mrtranscendence on Friday May 13, 2022 @01:04PM (#31370093)
> baring literal children

Baring literal children isn't legal!

Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by rayiner on Friday May 13, 2022 @09:29AM (#31367332)
> I can't play the cello, but I know music majors who can and they would struggle in Thermo.

You can use thermo to build civilization, but you can't use a cello to do that!

> I don't see how anything but hubris can make someone see differently.

We don't know the context of this conversation with Musk. In "just between us engineers" conversations, there's plenty of hubris to go around. It's not just engineers, of course. Many of the highly educated professionals I know will express demeaning opinions about religious people or rural folks after a few drinks.

To be clear, I don't think being condescending is a virtue. But I don't see any reason to single Musk out for that specifically. I don't see him talking shit about how stupid everyone is, like many people do.

Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by zamfi on Friday May 13, 2022 @10:00AM (#31367701)
> You can use thermo to build civilization, but you can't use a cello to do that!

Depends on how you define “civilization”!

Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by rayiner on Friday May 13, 2022 @10:12AM (#31367890)
I definite it in terms of inventing air conditioning: https://www.vox.com/2015/3/23/8278085/singapore-lee-kuan-yew...
Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by zamfi on Friday May 13, 2022 @01:14PM (#31370216)
Oh interesting, didn't realize civilization started in 1902.
Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by the_only_law on Friday May 13, 2022 @10:20AM (#31367980)
> I don't see him talking shit about how stupid everyone is, like many people do.

That would Provo be because the attached attic sis related to belong musk not “everybody” and “many people”.