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> It definitely does, although I don't understand why.

Maybe because it's a kind of lying, and people who do it on a regular basis are untrustworthy people?

> JFK told us we'd get to the moon this decade which is absolutely nuts.

Remember that he didn't phrase it as "we will do this", he phrased it as "this is our goal". He referred to it as a goal we're choosing, not as an inevitability.

Musk isn't goal-setting, he's making promises. The difference between the two is critical. One is being a leader, the other is being a liar.



If that's lying, then the c-suite of every large auto manufacturer does it on a fairly regular basis.

In general, they don't seem to get as much negative attention in the media, and I'm guessing that's because they pay a fair bit for advertising.


I’m not familiar with this, what are you referring to?


General Motors, a company that advertised how safe their vehicles were, knowing about faulty ignition switches in their products but only deciding to perform a recall 10 years after they became aware of them.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_ignition_swit...

Almost every manufacturer's claims about EV production, range, etc.

Almost every manufacturer's claims about how hard and expensive it would be to add different safety features and/or fuel efficiency improvements.


Except Musk was goal-setting, and there's literally a comment upthread that responds to this factual correction by stating that published goals need to be held to the same standards as promises. Can't win against critics willing to bend reality and forgo consistency of beliefs...




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