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He has a degree in physics (along with one in economics) which makes me think he can probably discuss stuff with the specialist engineers at a decent level, and therefore be involved with much of the engineering but only at a high level like you say. People with highly specialised aerodynamics, fuel/propulsion, material science type phds/masters/experience will be doing the actual engineering/design work surely.
I once had the great misfortune to be on the interview panel for my assistant and was conned by an idiot with two degrees - one in physics, the other in maths - thence commenced several awful years of working with a synthesis of Frank Burns of MASH and Homer Simpson.
And if you look at Thunderf00t's debunking of multiple insanely stupid multi-million dollar projects, (including Musk's) there are "scientists" galore involved.
 
I once had the great misfortune to be on the interview panel for my assistant and was conned by an idiot with two degrees - one in physics, the other in maths - thence commenced several awful years of working with a synthesis of Frank Burns of MASH and Homer Simpson.
And if you look at Thunderf00t's debunking of multiple insanely stupid multi-million dollar projects, (including Musk's) there are "scientists" galore involved.
As somebody working in tech I would certainly say that having technical knowledge does not preclude you from being an absolutely fucking appalling manager, and can sometimes make it worse - they’re not the people actually doing the work but they think they know everything about it, and set unrealistic deadlines without knowing they are doing it and are impossible to convince otherwise (this seems to be very Tesla from what I’ve heard, when combined with insane Silicon Valley autocracy and crunch attitudes).
 
Good grief:

Musk doubled down on the accusation in an email sent last week to Buzzfeed, calling Unsworth a "child rapist" who had moved to Thailand to take a child bride.

"I suggest that you call people you know in Thailand, find out what's actually going on and stop defending child rapists, you f--king asshole," Musk wrote in an email that Buzzfeed published Tuesday. "He's an old, single white guy from England who's been traveling to or living in Thailand for 30 to 40 years, mostly Pattaya Beach, until moving to Chiang Rai for a child bride who was about 12 years old at the time."

Musk has offered no evidence to support his claims, and Unsworth attorney L. Lin Wood denied the latest accusation in a statement to Buzfeed.

"Elon Musk can tweet his vindictive and vicious lie about Mr. Unsworth a hundred times and it will still be a lie," Wood wrote in a statement. "After deleting the initial accusation and tweeting an apology, Mr Musk has continued to republish his false and unsupportable accusation. His conduct demonstrates that his recklessness is intentional and designed to harm Mr. Unsworth."

Musk's feud with Unsworth apparently began when Unsworth called Musk's involvement in the rescue effort a "PR stunt," telling CNN his submarine wouldn't have made it 50 metres into the cave and saying Musk could "stick his submarine where it hurts."

Buzzfeed also interviewed Woranan Ratrawiphukkun, Unsworth's 40-year-old girlfriend, who told Buzzfeed they have been dating for seven years but declined to answer questions about their relationship.

Elon Musk renews pedophilia claims against diver in Thai cave rescue
 
You gave gotta hope that this is fact based and not just some egotistical bullying based on his wealth

Still coming across as an awful cunt though
 
This is going to be interesting. Either Musk has some tangible evidence on this guy, or he is in line for a serious defamation lawsuit.
 
This is going to be interesting. Either Musk has some tangible evidence on this guy, or he is in line for a serious defamation lawsuit.

From what I've read, the guy is married to a 40 y/o woman. So whilst this doesn't entirely rule out the possibility of noncery, it does make Musk's claim that he married a child bride look dubious. Seems more likely that Musk is talking shit again because he's an arsehole and can't handle the fact that he's been exposed as such, than him sitting on any actual evidence. I can't picture him not just releasing it, if he had it, actually.
 
he's just being a consequence free* dickhead because he felt wounded imo

*money is no hindrance to him obvs
 

Normally I seem to care quite a bit about whether something is true, or at least the level of our ability to reasonably ascertain what is probably true or not, but in this case I am content to laugh instead. I dont think I would want to get into a verbal spat with Azealia, and would like to hear the lyrics to a collaboration between her and Sleaford Mods :D She certainly knows how to add depth to a story and doesnt seem to mess around with her analysis :D

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As for the acid, I seem to be reminded of Doug Rocket from Nathan Barley, played rather wonderfully by David Hoyle.
 
he's just being a consequence free* dickhead because he felt wounded imo

*money is no hindrance to him obvs

Hardly consequence-free given the size and number of projects he's involved with, and the number of people employed.

He's either got some evidence, or is totally losing it.
 
its not even illegal, if he wants to rebelliously smoke maria juanita live then fine, whatever. Maybe it'll stop him calling people pedos. For five minutes
 
Not sure I'd listen to Azealia Banks, the person who sacrifices chickens at home in her cupboard. Although that may be a proper qualification for someone to spot crazy in a wealthy industrialist.
 
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