Elon Musk

[Norbert]

For the love, uh, whatever, no religion discussion please. Neither side will ever change the other's belief. It's worse than discussing politics.

That's philosophy, not religion, at least as far as I know it doesn't imply any specific religion, and only refers to the currently *known* class of laws of physics, not even physics in some more general sense (whatever that would be). But I'm not expecting to start a discussion... just stating my reflection on what Elon said regarding the current (mathematical-) physical knowledge we have. In other words, I consider it a more scientific question about what kind of empirical knowledge we have.

 

[ckessel]

Sigh, I tried. Can we at least not have this meta-discussion in Elon's thread?

 

[Norbert]

Sigh, I tried. Can we at least not have this meta-discussion in Elon's thread?

As I said, I'm not interested in discussing it (here) at all. I just clarified (because of your response) that I'm not making a religious statement of any kind.

 

[NigelM]

I think, therefore I drive....an EV.

 

[Norbert]

I think, therefore I drive....an EV.

One can safely say that Elon's actions are related to thinking about the future of humanity. And always enjoy hearing him talk about first principles and such. However he lately doesn't seem to have time for these kinds of interviews anymore. The clips are from 2008 and quite interesting.

 

[dpeilow]

Arizona Divorce Lawyer | Elon Musk Tweets Divorce Wife Talulah Riley

 

[rolosrevenge]

I was a door-to-door salesman in college and knocked on over 10,000 doors and I have seen a lot of Mezuzah's in my life. I think it does look very much like a Mezuzah, because of its placement and the fact that it is tilted toward the inside.

Does this make Elon jewish? I don't know. Maybe it was there when he bought the house and he never removed it.

If he is Jewish then he does not appear to be very observant (which would make you wonder why he has a Mezuzah on his garage).

And I did a quick Google search and couldn't find anything reliable to say that he was Jewish.

Elon is a name found in the Torah...

 

[dpeilow]

Elon is a name found in the Torah...

So is David...

 

[bonnie]

Why is it of interest if Elon is Jewish?

(I have a cross or two, but no one would say I was a practicing Christian. If that's of interest to anyone. ... anyone?)

 

[Fr23shjive]

For the love, uh, whatever, no religion discussion please. Neither side will ever change the other's belief. It's worse than discussing politics.

+1. They hijacked my Model X thread and now they're starting on this one. Are we going to need a sub forum for the discussion of religion & atheism?

 

[NigelM]

Why is it of interest if Elon is Jewish?

I think everyone was trying to figure out if that was really Elon's garage that the X was photographed in. There was apparently/maybe a Mezuzah on the door.

 

[rolosrevenge]

So is David...

Yeah, but Elon is a significantly less common name.

Why is it of interest if Elon is Jewish?

Someone else started it, and I was reading the book of Genesis the other day and I noticed that Elon was son of someone and father of someone else and it made me think of this thread so I figured I'd chuck in my $0.25 (two bits).

 

[vfx]

Given that Elon's presentation at the Model X EVent consisted of him just reading the Powerpoint slides, maybe he should take a tip from the late Steve Jobs.

http://writersblocklive.com/category/jobs-ive-known

Tesla is like Apple but Martin was more Steve.

 

[AnOutsider]

To be honest, I like George B's onstage presence much more (both at the factory event and the Model X premiere -- that man can't stop when there's music on)

 

[ckessel]

Elon is something of an enigma as a speaker. He's really quite bad, worse than folks that have had just a single semester speech class, yet he's typically quite interesting to listen to. Though I suppose better in interviews than in canned presentations.

 

[Doug_G]

Elon is something of an enigma as a speaker. He's really quite bad, worse than folks that have had just a single semester speech class, yet he's typically quite interesting to listen to. Though I suppose better in interviews than in canned presentations.

My impression is that he's simply nervous in front of a crowd - that's why he does better in a one-on-one interview. It's a very common problem. I took me years and a lot of practice to get past that.

 

[ckessel]

I think what saves him is he is really quite articulate and comes across with a lot of genuine passion and excitement about what he's doing.

 

[zack]

I do like Elon's interviews a great deal more than his audience presentations. I was really hungering for more new detailed information about the X during the reveal.

 

[Robert.Boston]

Elon's public speeches, are, well, ummm, sometimes difficult to (inaudible). You can hear the passion, but, uhh, he's just so (inaudible)-tied sometimes.

 

[AnOutsider]

Elon's public speeches, are, well, ummm, sometimes difficult to (inaudible). You can hear the passion, but, uhh, he's just so (inaudible)-tied sometimes.

LMAO! Well-played sir. Well-played.