[retrochameleon]

I think his personal impact is overstated. Maybe I have a bad taste in my mouth from overzealous fanboys, but all I see is a manchild who likes scifi and tech, and threw a bunch of money he didn't work very hard to get in the first place at the right problem at the right time. The reason Tesla and SpaceX succeed is because of every person at the company besides Musk.

Have you forgotten Musk nearly sabotaging their own company with tweets tanking their stocks?

[NetMageSCW]

I think I will take the word of the world’s foremost rocket engine designer and person who was in the room over that of a random Internet commenter.

[sidibe]

People are well incentivized to gas him up or they don't want to cross his cultists so it's just easier to go along with it. Just listen to him talk with confidence about something you know about and extrapolate rather than trusting what someone else is saying about him.