[ExI] Gender-Neutral Side Note

[John Clark]

On Sun, Nov 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM Ben Zaiboc <ben at zaiboc.net> wrote:

*> You forgot about Neuralink. How many pluses does that get? I know it
> hasn't produced much in the way of results yet, but if it does, it could be
> pretty revolutionary. Certainly would beat cars, in my opinion, and
> probably rockets, too.*


*Currently there's not enough information on that one to give it a
meaningful score, we'll just have to wait and see. I wish them well. *

*John K Clark *








On 09/11/2025 13:32, John Clark wrote:
>
> On Sat, Nov 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:
>
> >…there are those (even in the USA)
>>
>
> *Even? Especially in the USA!*
>
> *> who do not like Musk, but it isn’t clear to me why. *
>>
>
> *What isn't clear to me is why you are not just as outraged over the
> antics of He Who Must Not Be Named as I am, I've been trying to figure that
> out since 2016. As for Musk, I think it's just a fact of reality that the
> richest man in the world is never going to be universally loved. But it's
> more than just that. Elon Musk's popularity took a dramatic hit when he
> gave $277 million to get a 34 time convicted felon, a man who had staged a
> coup d'état which if successful would've made him a dictator, get back into
> power through an election in 2024. *
>
> *By the way, there was a fellow in Germany, whose name escapes me at the
> moment, who had a similar history, he too had staged an unsuccessful coup
> d'état and he too got back into power by winning an election; the only
> difference was the election happened in 1933 not 2024. *
>
> *> Because of him we have Tesla, Space X*
>>
>
> *Yes, and the world is a better place because of those two companies, so I
> have to give the devil his due and give Musk a +2 *
>
> *> and TwitterX*
>>
>
> *And the world would be a better place if that company did NOT exist,
> without Twitter He Who Must Not Be Named would have never won the 2016
> election, and without TwitterX (and the richest man in the world's money of
> course) he would've never won the 2024 election. So for that company Musk
> gets a  -1 *
>
> *> And StarLink! How could I forget that one?*
>
>
> *That one is more complicated to judge. It has improved our ability to
> communicate and has even helped the people of Ukraine defend themselves
> from Vladimir Putin, but it has also degraded our ability to understand the
> universe. Starink currently has 8,800 satellites in low earth orbit (more
> are planned) and are creating havoc for optical astronomers because the
> satellites reflect sunlight, creating bright streaks in images taken by
> telescopes; by using expensive and time consuming additional data
> processing the streaks can be identified and subtracted, but they still
> cause the loss of valuable pixels in an image. And those 8,800 satellites
> are also causing havoc for radio astronomers because of unintentionally
> leaking radio frequencies. Taking all that into consideration I'd give
> Starlink a zero.*
>
> You didn't mention another of Musk's companies but I will, xAI, it's his
> AI Company in the creators of Grok. I think the world is better off because
> of its existence, thus I give it a *+1*.
>
> *So now I'm in a position to give Musk a final grade, let's see, 2-1+0+1 =
> 2. So unlike You Know Who, Musk is still in the plus column. But I don't
> like the trend he's on. *
>
> *John K Clark*
>
>
>
> You forgot about Neuralink.
>
> How many pluses does that get?
>
> I know it hasn't produced much in the way of results yet, but if it does,
> it could be pretty revolutionary. Certainly would beat cars, in my opinion,
> and probably rockets, too.
>
> --
> Ben
>
>
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