(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Elon Musk Is the Reason I Don't Write About Ukraine. [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-10-06 I was perusing the interwebs looking for any news fit to print, and decided I was done for today. Nope, nothing to get myself worked up over, so I will close the laptop and make dinner. Or lunch. Or a late lunch to be used for dinner. At any rate, my hand caressed the familar lid, when one final Tweet popped up, from the “genius” himself. Thus, a story is born. x Amazing that Ozempic is actually affecting @Walmart food sales! While no drug is without side effects, health problems associated with obesity almost certainly exceed the risks of GLP-1 agonists. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 6, 2023 My first thought, and perhaps yours after seeing this post was, “Oh he is a pharmaceutical researcher now.” How nice. x Another way to think of it that our poor limbic system has to fight off the combined effort of billions of humans honing the tastiness of food for thousands of years! — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 6, 2023 My next thought was, “Oh wow, he is also a neurologist.” To recap Elon’s actual qualifications: He has two bachelor’s degrees. For context, my wife Valerie has three master’s, and that I know of, she is not fiddling with any chemistry in the laundry room. I am degreed myself. Now a degree in physics is no small feat, and certainly suggests a heightened intelligence. But intelligence, is not expertise. Sometimes, I am reminded of that myself. We all are. We all should be. But what has happened in this society, is a form of “Tycoon Hero Worship.” Fanboys, mostly libertarian minded with usually, a dash of misogyny, tend to believe that if someone is a billionaire, that they are not only good at whatever got them there, they are good at everything. Let me repeat that. The libertarian fanboy brain goes, “Elon is a billionaire.” “Trump is a billionaire.” “Bezos is a billionaire.” “I am sure they can cure cancer and capture carbon.” And so everything he says is breathlessly followed and usually, endorsed. Now I do not have an acutal clue as to what kind of risks there are to Ozempic. I can’t. I write about the news, maintain the business, follow politics and try to bring some joy through humor. This has proven to fill my plate nicely. It does not mean I could not dedicate myself to learning and understanding Ozempic. It just means I don’t have the time to. I am willing to guess, neither does he. So as it relates to Ukraine, I get quite a few questions. Other than the human interest side, I rarely opine, and I never talk about the military implications. There are legitimate experts here that do that, like Kos, Mark Sumner, RO37, quaoar, and others. To understand the military apparatus takes a ton of study, years of study, more than a glance at a few news articles and sound bites. But Elon, likes to opine. Elon likes to opine on everything. E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G. To wit: Elon on “woke.” x Very common experience. Schools need to change. https://t.co/Sz2wzFfhF1 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 6, 2023 Elon on extinctionism: x Almost no extinctionists think of themselves this way explicitly – usually they shrouded themselves in moral superiority – but some do, like this guy who wants to genocide humanity: pic.twitter.com/FaTl4uLz09 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 6, 2023 This is just from today. Today. I love baseball and politics. I am knowledgeable about baseball and politics, and the issues related to them. I have knowledge on more than those subjects, but I am not looking to influence 20 million people with one post about something I have no idea about. This is ego run amok. But I am not here to discredit his raw brain power. He can light a disco ball, to be sure. But we have substituted, as a society, fame and power and wealth for the humble works of the anonymous scientist. This is bad. Very ungood. This in hubris, and this explains in many ways the predicament earth finds itself in. One scientist with 100 followers gets drowned out by a loudmouth with millions. I don’t know the details about Ozempic. I don’t have the expertise on Ukraine. And I don’t have the massive ego of Elon Musk. Oh look, now he wants to talk about endocrinology.. -ROC Mrs. Claw has started dialysis! We both extend our heartfelt thanks for your support! You are all family. But I need to add to my The Claw News family. It is a great way to help us and gives value in return. 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