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  • Eh, I despise Musk and believe he is a grave threat.

    But this ā€œMusk isnā€™t smartā€ narrative is a waste of time and underestimating Musk makes him more dangerous.

    Tesla was a nothing burger company before he acquired it. SpaceX has been highly successful under his leadership. Musk may not have provided much technical knowledge, but heā€™s accomplished too much for it to be random luck, and steering such companies, even if not on a daily basis, is going to require applied intellectual skill.

    Edit: guys you can downvote all you want but underestimating Musk just weakens your position and aids him. Youā€™re not going to an Ivy League school with average or below intelligence.

    Youā€™re also not starting and guiding various companies to high level success if youā€™re dumb. Yes Musk has failed projects. Essentially every company and many if not most entrepreneurs have suffered failures.

    Allegedly he also got a relatively high SAT score (1400) according to Isaacson, a respected biographer (Iā€™d want to see hard proof however).

    Muskā€™s IQ is probably something like 125, not 160. But itā€™s not going to be 90 or other like that.

    But I guess you can go ahead and play into his hand and boost him by underestimating him.