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I think Elon being a true polymath scares a lot of insecure engineers out there. They’ve gotten used to being pampered and told they’re special, and here is a goddamn billionaire business guy who could do their job also. It’s just too much to swallow.

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People see what he's done as a criticism of their own failings and missed opportunities. I've never seen grapes more sour than the ones devoured by anti-Tesla/Musk folks (apparently by the electric truckload.)

This is interesting. I suppose Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg are less threatening since they don’t work on hardware but other polymaths exist. Certainly I believe John Carmack of Id Software and Armadillo Aerospace is one - and the latter is hardware.

Elon being unstable scares a lot of insecure engineers out there.

What is your evidence of him being unstable?

I think he's referring to his tendency to pick weird twitter fights.

I have tons of respect for what Musk has done with Tesla and SpaceX, but it's undeniable that some of his tweets should not have been sent. And while I generally appreciate weirdos, he's a bit much sometimes.

Ok, somebody being competitive on twitter means that person is mentally unstable?

I mean you want to call him a asshole fine, but doesn't mean he is unstable.

If everybody that gets on fight on twitter or is sending tweets that shouldn't be sent is considers 'unstable' then most people on twitter are unstable.

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