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by peterfirefly 1203 days ago
> He has large gaps in his knowledge

Yes.

> but presents himself as extremely knowledgeable.

No.

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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.
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...

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.