Re:Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment,...
by spacechild1 on Sunday August 17, 2025 @05:27AM
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There are certainly people like that! I just doubt that Musk is one of them.
First there are is no hard evidence for his supposedly engineering genius and second he has a long public track record of lying and gross hyperbole.
What I find more likely: Musk throws around wild ideas and his engineers figure out what might work or not. (After all, he also comes up with pretty dumb ideas.) This approach can be successful, but it doesn't make you an engineer yourself.
I am still confused why you would claim that Musk was better than many engineers you know, based on what little we actually know about his technical skills.
First there are is no hard evidence for his supposedly engineering genius and second he has a long public track record of lying and gross hyperbole.
What I find more likely: Musk throws around wild ideas and his engineers figure out what might work or not. (After all, he also comes up with pretty dumb ideas.) This approach can be successful, but it doesn't make you an engineer yourself.
I am still confused why you would claim that Musk was better than many engineers you know, based on what little we actually know about his technical skills.