I'm not a Musk fan but "died in my arms" doesn't have to be read literally and i wouldn't consider this as a lie.

> My firstborn child died in my arms. I felt his last heartbeat.

That is pretty literal

The guy is an absolute toad.

Not under the "always assume best intentions" principle, I have read similar descriptions from people that were near someone dying without actually physically holding them.

> Not under the "always assume best intentions" principle, I have read similar descriptions from people that were near someone dying without actually physically holding them.

In such a case: "Died in front of me" would be accurate. "Died in my arms" is a lie.

That only applies to people who haven't repeatedly proven themselves to be acting/speaking in bad faith.

If Lucy pulls away the football 27 times, you aren't required to go running at it the 28th.

it depends if lucy is idempotent

She may have hidden internal state. Or she may be pure. How many tries before we are going to make an assumption?

I'm very fortunate in that none of my children has died.

But I expect there's something particularly poignant about the moment of death.

So to me, Musk's inaccuracy about that detail is very significant.

Since I onow people whos children actually did die in their very arms, using such a dramatic experience and be untruthful about it is simply dispicable. Especially since having your child die in front of you doesn't need any further dramatization at all.