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elon is not stupid? have you not seen or heard anything from him in the last decade?
Eh maybe "wasn't stupid" is more accurate before the brain worms got him.
i don't even think that's the case at all. if you go back you can still find stupid shit coming out of his dumbfuck busted ass face all the time. the only difference is he didn't make public statements much, so people just assumed he knew some things.
whenever he talked about anything though, he only ever impressed people who didn't have much knowledge in the field he's talking about. anyone with expertise would see through his bullshit. even back when he was generally liked and respected, astronauts weren't buying what he was selling.
he's the perfect case of "it's better to be silent and be thought an idiot than open your mouth and remove all doubt". the reason you think he "wasn't" stupid is because he didn't open his mouth we much, so at least there was doubt, and people have him the benefit of it.