[Davesjoshin]

Here is where I'm confused. A couple of months ago Elon stated that the network was lousy with bots. Now we are taking polls. Polls that presumably have real results for the network. But it seems to me we need some evidence and some trust built to take these polls seriously. Am I crazy? where is the flaw in my thinking here?

[jacquesm]

You're not crazy and there is no flaw in your thinking. I guess we'll have to trust the serial liar on the results.

[Davesjoshin]

I just really liked him as a bad ass engineer. Sucks that he went this far

[jacquesm]

I think the money really went to his head. And I'm wondering if he's been doing drugs.

edit: To expand a bit on that: I grew up in Amsterdam and I've seen more than one person that was smart and on a very successful trajectory go down in flames due to drugs. Some of Elon's tendencies very much remind of that.

[krapp]

He isn't a badass engineer. He hires badass engineers and gets the credit for their work.

[Davesjoshin]

ehh yea, maybe he just sees this as an opportunity to do the same thing. Hire people at some point to fix all this.. seems like a tall order

[jacquesm]

It's rapidly going beyond fixable. Even now I am pretty sure that all you would end up doing is slowing down the inevitable crash. Engines 1, 2, and 3 are on fire and four just started smoking. The captain is paging the passengers to see if any of them wants to fly the plane and has passed out satisfaction surveys about his performance so far.