[dharmaturtle]

Meh. The youtuber criticizes Musk's statement "This is something we could fix" by saying "He does not say 'This is something we _might_ be able to fix.'"

Seconds later, the youtuber goes on to criticize Musk's disclaimer of "I'm not saying this is going to solve everything... it's something that _might_ be helpful."

You just can't win with these "skeptics".

[haspok]

Another golden Musk gem: "I am very confident that...".

The guy doesn't say anything, yet he makes everyone believe he did. Genius. The best salesperson in the world for sure.

[belter]

You missed the part where Elon Musk says it will take a few years before then can do a "brain memory upload".

So they will be content of spending the first decade "just" fixing spine and brain injuries: https://youtu.be/cgyFL5Hzy-s?t=1116

Then Elon Musk says he will solve Schizophrenia, Depression and Morbid Obesity: https://youtu.be/cgyFL5Hzy-s?t=1137

Yes,...really what is with the skeptics? Can't the recognize a genius when they see one?

[dharmaturtle]

Oh god I demonstrate how the timestamped quote is incorrect and now I've attracted the attention of the Musk anti-fans.

Let me be clear: Musk is human. He has positive and negative qualities. His Thailand pedo comments were, to put it bluntly, fucking retarded. His autopilot timeline was wildly optimistic. His behavior on Twitter is infantile.

And yet this is not carte blanche to twist his words into something unrecognizable. You can't just criticize someone for not being nuanced, then criticize their disclaimer that happens seconds later. That's intellectually dishonest. At that point I stopped listening because it is clear (to me) that the youtuber has an agenda to push.

As to your comments, I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Is it incorrect to believe that brain implants may lead to solutions to these problems?

[belter]

Guy says he will provide a brain implant to upload human memories to a computer and says he CAN fix a whole range of brain and spine damage, plus diseases that are not even caused by brain injury, and you focus on the disclaimer that will not be "right away"?

[dharmaturtle]

You continue to not say anything concrete.

Lots of technologists speak about the potential of technology/industry/science. Roasting Musk for dreaming big is the best you can come up with? Especially given the other material he gives you?