[darkhorse222]

That's an appeal to authority. Either make an argument for why his reasoning is good or don't. But don't appeal to someone's reputation.

That being said, I do think what the parent commenter is missing is that those other modes require significant investment. With cars you get profit and can scale one by one. So less up front investment. Should do nicely in all sorts of cities.

[WalterBright]

An appeal to authority is a logical fallacy, unless the authority is an expert in a relevant field.

Elon is an expert at overturning conventional wisdom of what can be done in high risk enterprises. And transportation is one of his enterprises.

[darkhorse222]

So your argument is basically that he is just very smart and good at being a disruptor therefore any questioning of his ventures is doubtful because he is successful at previous disruptions?

You really think that's a valid argument? Or is this just being an Elon fan wrapped in additional language.

[buran77]

> an expert at overturning conventional wisdom

Did you just invent a field so you can win an argument? Does it mean you revolutionized the field of inventing fields to win an argument?

What about his less successful ventures like the Boring Company or Solar City?

The world is full of one or two hit wonders thinking they have some insight on everything.

[queenkjuul]

FSD next year right buddy? How's your truck holding up?