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by ben_w 1277 days ago
Someone can be both smart and Dunning-Kruger themselves in the face.

I don't know why someone who (self-diagnosed?) as having Asperger's thinks they'd be a good fit for leading a social media company, that feels like having a an amputee selling staircases [0]; but the rocket nerds I follow seem pretty convinced Musk genuinely knows actual rocket science.

[0] as in: it could work, but you'd not expect it by default

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Well its not like Zuckerberg is the epitome of normal "humanness".
True, though he does seem to have the self awareness to get other people to help him.