[LargeTomato]

To be honest he's regurgitating a lot of information. He has large gaps in his knowledge but presents himself as extremely knowledgeable.

Understanding a rocket engine as a layman is easier than understanding a diesel engine. EDA acts like he's a genius but he is not.

I work in space. Some of my coworkers have met EDA. He is insufferable and extremely arrogant. A very difficult person to be around.

[sho_hn]

> but presents himself as extremely knowledgeable

I don't get this sense at all. I've been watching his channel for a couple of years, and I've consistently found him to portray himself as a fan/enthusiast trying his best to understand and summarize complex information he doesn't have first-hand knowledge of. He's never pretended to be an engineer.

I think the value is in getting inspired to dig deeper when he shows you something interesting.

[hinkley]

> I work in space.

My only defense is that Ted Lasso Season III lands next week:

YOU WORK IN SPACE?!?

Man the commute must be terrible.

[peterfirefly]

> He has large gaps in his knowledge

Yes.

> but presents himself as extremely knowledgeable.

No.

[LargeTomato]

Yeah he has an extreme level of confidence. Tweeting Elon about how to architect the landing fins to use "fish scale biomimickry"? That's ridiculous.

[LawTalkingGuy]

He didn't. He tweeted that he's surprised the tiles don't need to be overlapped to avoid blowing off but didn't suggest that Elon change them.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Erdayastronaut/status/14426315302...

[JshWright]

Perhaps he has gotten better at that in recent years. I got put off his early content for the very that very reason and haven't bothered to go back.

[lostlogin]

Can you clarify, do you ‘work in this space’, or ‘work in space’? Both work and it’s interesting.