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The platform’s owner, Elon Musk, is undoubtedly a clever man, but in search of attention and notoriety online, he has become—or is pretending to be—very dumb indeed.

theatlantic.com/politics/archi

@Anemone

How clever can he be if he believes the idiotic things he claims to?

Things are usually what they appear to be. If it walks like a dope, and it talks like a dope, and it quacks like a dope, it's a dope.

@Anemone

It'd seem like it'd be easier for a smart person to become stupid than for a stupid person to become smart.

It's all downhill.

I don't suppose his ketamine "prescription" is doing great things for his cognitive skills, for that matter.

@Anemone I don't know. You can be pretty ruthless in trying to climb the ladder and in taking advantage of others to acquire great wealth, and still be dumb as carrying a sack of hammers in most other respects.

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