Successful hardware operating in the field is worth an infinite number of expert opinions
Gavin Baker (@GavinSBaker) profile pictureGavin Baker
@GavinSBakerAug 31
Talking to brilliant physicists who have thought about orbital compute for 3 hours and are convinced it will never work makes me think of this Keanu Reeves quote: “I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of arguments. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right. Have fun."

Aug 31, 2026 · 11:38 PM UTC

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Exactly. Experts said rockets in space were impossible, and that man wouldn't fly at all for a million years.
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Field data beats theory every time.
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Agreed. Waiting for the B300s to fire up and give us a heat load suitable to test our monster new cooling system
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SpaceX does satellites all day and all night. They know satellites better than anyone else. Elon has a good idea of what is within the limits of physics and what isn't.
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I'm no rocket scientist but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night...😂
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The solution…🧐💯🫡
🤖 Made with AI
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if physicists were experts in anything we'd have antigrav technology right now
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There are people out there who actually think Elon Musk is more wrong than right lol What the helly?
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Experts gotten together 😉
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data from actions is great intel
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My portfolio is running zero hardware in the field because every expert opinion on my bags went to zero.
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But FSD doesn’t work 😂
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I favor @PeterDiamandis's quote
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Reminds me of the time we lost a NASA solicitation for which we had submitted video and test data of a self-funded methalox rocket engine that met all the RFP requirements. Why? Because the section of our proposal that detailed our contingency plans in case of failure to meet the requirements was deemed inadequate. 🤦‍♂️
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People who have never flown before should not argue with people who can fly.
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Explains why the rocket scientists said raptor 3 wouldn’t work meanwhile you, the guy without a degree in rocket science, builds the rocket
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Research and engineering are very different. From my understanding, research chases the most optimized and elegant solution. Engineering is often about getting shit done, making it work reliably, and keeping it working.
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Just like the Cybercab! All lot of "expert opinions" said it was impossible.
X Girls (@thesoragirls) profile pictureX Girls
@thesoragirlsAug 29
Gold Cybercab. Austin curb. Less than a week.
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Today's 'expert' PhD opinions can not agree on what a woman is, and that there are only two genders. So the real question is, why is anyone even listening to them? 🤷‍♂️
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By the way: It's the same kinds of experts that tell you "We're in an AI bubble" And they likely still will say that when there are billions of Robots running around...
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4 out of 5 doctors agree! The 5th participated in the plandemic so we don’t care what they think.
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armchair physicists argue about why windsails on wheels are moving faster than the wind like armchair mathematicians argue about bayes rule not working on monty hall's 3 prize doors
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The European Union says otherwise! And they are the Sacred Rulers of Our Democracy!
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Infinite opinions are Bearly Legal 😂
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I'm willing to bet most of those "PhDs" are fake.
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We need proof of concept to go up on a Falcon. That will shut them up.
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I bet you have extremely impressive hardware
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Yet why do they dismiss it so surely? Does the Dunning-Kruger effect apply to smart people too?
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Every time I see someone say that Elon is wrong about X,Y,Z relating to space I think. "Gee the guy who has thousands of rocket scientists, engineers, physicists, electronics engineers and more on his payroll is misinformed about what his company can accomplish? Some rando on the internet definitely knows better than his entire trillion dollar company."
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Or as my dad used to say to us kids: ‘Talk is Cheap; Doing is Difficult; Doing is better than Talking.
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"People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it." George Bernard Shaw
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He said “hardware” 😂🤣
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When can Tesla autopilot avoid potholes. You said it was coming 7 years ago?
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a prototype that survived 40° of field temperature swing has already answered questions your design review hasn't thought to ask.
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And many physicists initially resisted or mocked Albert Einstein's radical theories, particularly special and general relativity and his early ideas on light quanta.
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