Attorney, journalist, and Elon Musk biographer Seth Abramson eviscerated both Elon Musk and his ā€œfanboysā€ who have attempted to use the billionaireā€™s IQ as an indication of his intellectual prowess in a series of messages shared on X Thursday evening and into Friday.

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    youā€™re not getting into UPENN being a complete idiot. Whoever started the company, Musk oversaw periods of the growth in SpaceX, Tesla, Paypal etc.

    Musk is (edit: not) the smartest person in the world like he thinks he is. But itā€™s nearly an objective fact that heā€™s not stupid.

    This is such a dumb hill to die on, and more importantly it benefits Musk.

    edit: and as for failed programs, welcome to the world of business. Google, Amazon, Microsoft Apple, etc. constantly launch ideas that donā€™t pan out. Are their leaders and engineers and everyone else dumb because a project failed?

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      You are getting into UPenn if your daddy owns an emerald mine and has pseudoslaves to work in it.

      And yes there are a lot a looooottttt of dumb people at google, amazon, Microsoft, and apple.

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        Evidence he bought his way in?

        Sure, there are a lot of dumb people at those companies. But thatā€™s not the point. Failures donā€™t prove that the leadership or specific individuals are dumb. Plenty of smart people have failed.

        But have fun inadvertently supporting Musk!

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      And everyone there said it was because they had a dedicated team distracting Musk from the real work. He is, in fact, very dumb.