[jandrese]

He also wanted to run air levitated trains in a partial vacuum and that was a nonstarter. Not every idea can be a winner.

[Terr_]

(For the record, I wouldn't apply this to Elon specifically, but I think this is a good moment to plug a book-quote.)

> You think he's a genius?" she said, raising her eyebrows. The high-[noble] twit?

> "I don't know him quite well enough, yet. But I suspect so, a part of the time."

> "Can you be a genius part of the time?"

> "All the geniuses I ever met were so just part of the time. To qualify, you only have to be great once, you know. Once when it matters."

-- Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold