Ho. ly. shit.
I guess, whatever? Let’s fucking do this.
Norquist has been enthusiastic about Musk’s ability to generate public attention for efforts to reduce the size of government. But he suggested that the owner of a space rocket company wasn’t the right person to spearhead a congressional spending debate.
“He doesn’t know politics like he knows physics,” he said.
Hey dude. He doesn’t fucking know physics either. Not any more than a 12 year old who’s played KSP for a couple days. He’s a pseudointellectual.
Elon Musk actually has a bachelor’s in physics. Dunno when he got it, but he does know more than your average person. He’s still a huge mega douche canoe sock monkey tho.
Was it given to him as a ‘you’re such a wealthy good boy oligarch’ gift by some dipshit dean? Or did he genuinely earn it?
I’m actually asking. I have no idea.
I ain’t a gambling man, but I know where I’d place my bets.
Edit:
I looked it up. Snopes says true, but man, is there a fuck ton of inconsistencies and a large donation to penn state. Headcanon is he sucked dick for it.
“Elon Musk earned a B.A. in physics and a B.S. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. The degrees were awarded on May 19, 1997.” -Penn, 2019
I don’t know much about higher education, but Bachelor of Arts in physics sounds like BS to me.
There is very little meaningful difference between a B.A and B.S in Physics. B.A is a little less rigorous, but not by much.
That said, I don’t have confidence in Musk being able to earn either without some bullshit going on.
A BA is just the rank below master’s degree. It has nothing to do with art or science. The college degree hierarchy goes BA, Masters, PhD for most fields of study.
I don’t know much about higher education
No kidding 🤣
It’s a Bachelor of Arts, I don’t see how that detracts in anyway from him having a physics degree. I dislike Elon Musk just as much as the next guy, but there’s no reason to shit on him for not having a bachelor of science in physics.
The differences vary from school to school, and sometimes depend on which electives you took or what your GPA was.
I love how you’re being voted down and people who have no idea what s BA degree is are being voted up.
Supports my theory that most of lemmy is compromised of like 15 year olds.
If you’re paying that much to attend an elite educational institution you can be damn sure they’re not going to fail you. There’ll be extra targeted one on one tuition, special rewards for any improvement etc etc.
Do really think Trump exerted himself at university? No, the system looks after it’s cash cows.
University of Pennsylvania isn’t the same as Penn State. They’re different institutions FYI. (Not to detract from your point). Just wanted to throw that out there bcz other people are saying it was University of Pennsylvania.
Not a physics degree but an arts degree in physics. He doesn’t know shit.
… Do you mean a “bachelor of arts” degree? Because that’s not an “arts degree”.
No, but it’s meant for understanding a topic at a broad level so you can communicate about said topic. It’s different from a Bachelor of science which delves more deeply into the topic and you can certainly call yourself an engineer with this kind of degree. You cannot call yourself an engineer or a scientist with a Bachelor of Arts (physics).
It very much depends on the university. You can’t make any consistent claims about either without talking about a specific school.
You cannot call yourself an engineer or a scientist with a Bachelor of Arts (physics).
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I’m from Australia and there are no BA(Physics) here, only BS(Physics) and you can only call yourself an engineer if you have the right degree, approved by engineers Australia and/or IEEE. Having the title of engineer here is similar to the medical doctor title.
Edit: Though the tone of your response makes sense to me now that I think of it. My husband’s company recently hired a senior software engineer from the states and he’s turned out to be no better than the local engineering graduates despite having over 20 years experience.
deucedoucheI dunno. Maybe they meant he’s a piece of shit in boat form?
“hey look at all that budget we cut!”
“what to do… what to do… already cut my taxes, three times… hmmmm…”
“i know, lets go to mars! you’re buying.”
That doesn’t refute the point? It just means that Musk has a grasp on politics inferior to a gifted 10 year old.
Two of the stupidest people on the planet marching to Putin’s orders - WCGW?
“The people who elected us are listening to Elon Musk.”
Fucking kill me now. Someone. Please.
Well, he did buy the election, so Elon is listening to himself.
You mean President Elon tried to kill a bipartisan budget deal with Vice President Trump’s help.
Please, it’s president Elon, Vice president JD Vance, and this senile orange guy who has to be around to sign things.
I thought JD was the first lady
it’s worth it just because of how upset and angry trump gets at being called elon’s puppet.
This is the best thing we can hope for this administration. Complete and utter chaos. Hopefully they’ll be so busy in fighting and firing and rehiring and sexually assaulting people that they can’t fuck shit up too bad.
The sound of Musk is music to my ears. He is an incompetent and overconfident. A great way to get nothing done. Of course voters do not hold politicians to their promises, but if they did hiring Musk would be a great way to ensure failure.
You can say a lot about Musk but he sure as shit gets things done.
Like destroying Twitter in 2 years?
The man has a talent like no one else I’ve ever seen for having absolutely everything he touches crumble instantly into dogshit. A Mierdas Touch, one might say.
“Stop the steal of your tax dollars!”
Notice something? They are not his tax dollars. Most likely because he personally does not really contribute to them.
Jeffries is correct that it will be the Republicans fault but none of them will acknowledge it nor care. They will lap up whatever lies Trump and company come up with and we’ll all be screwed.
the richest man in the world and an unpopular congress just gave you $10 eggs and milk as a christmas present by killing the farm bill. congrats.
I already keep chickens, might need to add a couple goats before cow milk goes to $10/gal
I wonder how many attempts on Musk’s life there have been that the public hasn’t heard about. I imagine being among the wealthiest people alive makes you a target even without all of the meddling in politics Musk has done.
He has his baby shield deployed.
I hope there isn’t even an attempt, that he’s instead snuffed out by something stupid like a battery fire in that dumb little tunnel he made where you can’t get the car doors open.
I hope one of his kids kills him, itd be hilarious.
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Agreed, enough foreplay…let the churn begin.
Anal. No lube, Arizona dry.
I really look forward to running both of these turds out on rails. This is something we should bring back from the past just for them.
One question: Will the TSA be affected by a government shutdown?
yup - and air traffic controllers, right before christmas. good job, republicans.
It will affect their paychecks. Same with the military and other essential services. Generally, they can’t shut down those offices, but they also can’t pay them except in cases where the money was already put into accounts for paying those things.
No, I don’t think so. TSA and air traffic have to work unpaid
Airport security checkpoints etc. will slow to a crawl. The TSA agents may be forced to show up, but they can’t be forced to work at their normal pace.
This is gonna be awesome. /s
