Having tired of seemingly-endless logical fallacies from Twitter, I created this account because I can no longer remain silent. My pro acc't doesn't do opinion.
Ahch-To (please stop saying "gesundheit" to this!)
It surprises me that people wonder "What happened to Elon Musk?" when it seems self-evident to me... so here's the most condensed explanation I can manage (while also anticipating/addressing objections from a certain crowd):
Circa 2022/23 (Elon likely knew before the public did), Elon's son was swept up by the transgender contagion. Parents who've had this experience know it is indescribably traumatic at multiple levels and for multiple reasons, not least of which is:
You know your child in a way that they cannot and do not know themselves.
Now, before the non-parents start arguing with that claim, let me explain what I mean and why this is true. The key understanding is: as a parent, you've observed your child from a time before they could even observe themselves -- literally.
-From the ages of 0 until 2, you don't even have an ego to act as a self-observer (babies do not differentiate "self" from "other").
-From the ages of 3-7, your self-observation is rudimentary at best, with limited ability to self-reflect (see: Piaget's preoperational stage).
-From the ages of 8-11, your self-observation is improving, but still quite basic and largely dependent on environmental feedback.
-From the ages of 12-25 (typically), you're (finally!) "really getting to know yourself," mapping your internal world, and crystalizing some form of self-image. (more on this shortly)
-But the thing is, your parents (if they're observant) have already been doing that for more than a decade. Because we all reveal who we are in countless little ways.
And your parents literally had a ~12+ year head start on you. Plus your parents have the benefit of a much wider "30,000 foot view" perspective on your life -- including sibling dynamics, peer influences, parental expectations, cultural influences, etc. This broader perspective allows parents to interpret the child's behaviors in ways that the child cannot yet comprehend. (For example, a parent might notice that a child's shyness is situational (e.g., around strangers) rather than a fixed trait, while the child may not yet have the self-awareness to make this distinction and may wrongly believe themselves to be "shy.")
Research on temperament (e.g., Thomas and Chess) suggests that children exhibit stable behavioral traits from infancy. Observant parents can identify these traits early on, giving them a solid "head start" in understanding their child's identity.
Parents (obviously) also have a much broader range of human experience in general than their children do.
Now, the key understanding about all this: During that final stage (ages 12-25), some individuals experience identity confusion. This is a perfectly normal occurrence -- but that confusion makes those individuals susceptible to being subsumed by things like cults and radical ideologies, which purport to offer solutions to that confusion.
So, if you're a parent who's been observing your child for 15 (or more) years, you have a unique experience-based intuition for when something your child says or does is likely emanating from their core self... or is instead coming from a more superficial, external influence.
All that to say: In 2023, Elon's son publicly came out as "trans." This would have gutted Elon at an incredibly deep emotional and instinctual level.
And Elon would be in the unique position to judge (with high accuracy) whether his child's feeling was "genuine" or not -- because kids with true gender dysphoria display very early signs (ages 2-4). They don't suddenly become gender dysphoric in their teens. But they do very much get swept up into social fads in their teens. They also get swept into ideologies that pretend to have answers to the aching confusion that comes with that development stage.
Elon obviously knows his child better than we do, and he determined that this "feeling" his child was professing was not aligned with his child's true and best self. The trouble is, the unique nature of the trans ideology is that it's a call to action -- specifically, it calls its adherents to DESTROY "the old you."
If that's a false call to action, then "destroying the old you" is simply self-destruction. There is nothing noble about it -- it is merely self-harm inspired by a destructive ideology.
So, in 2022-23, Elon is dealing with this ideology not in an abstract "what do you care?" way, but at the ground level. The enemy is inside the gates.
And he's watching it destroy his child.
As a parent, when one of your children is being harmed, you immediately and desperately search for the source of that harm, so you can stop your children from continuing to be harmed.
Elon then correctly identified the source of harm to his child, which he dubbed "the woke mind virus."
He later said, "The woke mind virus killed my son."
So he has since vowed to destroy it the way it destroyed his child, and the children of others. He sees it for what it is: Not just "an idea," but an idea with very real and destructive consequences.
That is likely the biggest factor, if not the sole factor, in "why" Elon is who he is today.
In response to my article on what happened to Elon Musk, someone pointed me to this 2021 conversation about technology in warfare. Small sample below. Musk comes across as sharp and informed. He not only knows about engineering, but must’ve read a bit of history.
This goes against one theory we might have, which is that Musk has just always been a STEM guy who has no interest in reading about history or politics.
But this only adds to the mystery. What on earth happened around 2022? How did he make the government budget his main cause, while giving zero indication he’s ever read anything serious on the topic?
If Musk talked about WWII the way he talks about government spending, he would’ve been saying stuff like Hitler conquered Antarctica and Japan pulled off Pearl Harbor with the help of tens of thousands of illegals. But in this conversation, Musk was completely grounded in reality.
I consider this strong evidence against the theory he’s always been like this, and support for the theory that something broke in 2022, whether it was drugs, social media radicalization, or some combination of the two.
@badjin_rank@ingelramdecoucy@evanwch False consensus = "lots of people are/think just like me."
OP clearly thinks most guys get drunk and have horrible fights with their exes -- presumably because OP has been on either the giving or receiving end of such fights, leading them to think "everyone does this!"
@sleepy_devo NATO and USAID were VERY different organizations in 1995.
And no, we didn't like it when Obama and Biden pulled millions for themselves. You're right about that one.
Just a reminder that the ONLY Republican running for Mecklenburg County (Charlotte NC) District 1 dropped out of the race...
...BECAUSE NOT A SINGLE PERSON WAS ARRESTED FOR FIRING SHOTS AT HIS HOME WHILE HIS WIFE AND KIDS WERE INSIDE!!!!!
Local police SPECIFICALLY CONFIRMED the attack was targeted at Aaron Marin.
Bullet holes can be seen in trees, cars, mailbox, and his kid's basketball hoop. Marin's ENTIRE FAMILY was forced to leave their home and Aaron says they live in, "constant fear."
He says his kids no longer even feel safe to play outside and they are moving now.
CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN WHY ZERO MAINSTREAM MEDIA OUTLET COVERED THIS??????!!!!!!
REPUBLICANS ARE LITERALLY BEING SHOT AT AND THERE IS SILENCE FROM THE MEDIA!!!!!!
WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE?!!!!!!
🚨 NEVER FORGET: Obama spent $34 MILLION of your tax dollars renovating the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
No Media meltdowns.
It took 2 Years to complete.
Here were some of the reactions when it reopened 👇🏻
@amazingmap I love how the biggest solid block of "weather" contains a huge mountain range (southern end of the Rockies) and the literal Continental Divide. "All the same!"😂
This demonstrates that these forecasts are at least partially biased by POPULATION, as this area is low population.
2⃣NAZI-KKK LEADER
SPLC paid more than $70K to F-30, a NAZI, KKK, and Aryan Nations leader. F-30 asked SPLC to help him/her leave the movement. SPLC gave F-30 a salary to stay. F-30 used the $ to host extremist rallies, recruit members, publish material.
🧵6/20
🟥 Czy Henry Nowak mógł przeżyć?
Dr Krzysztof Magier @DrMagier , lekarz pediatra i były konsul honorowy RP w Cowes, przeanalizował nagrania z policyjnej kamery nasobnej pokazujące śmierć Henry'ego Nowaka.
Dr Magier jest lekarzem prowadzącym oddział intensywnej terapii dziecięcej, z doświadczeniem w szkoleniach z medycyny pola walki oraz po specjalistycznym kursie leczenia ciężkich urazów (w tym ran postrzałowych i kłutych).
Nie zgadza się z opinią patologa i sędziego, że Henry Nowak nie miał żadnych szans na przeżycie i ze skucie go w kajdanki nic w zasadzie nie zmieniło. Wręcz przeciwnie – istnieje duże prawdopodobieństwo, że to interwencja policji przyczyniła się do jego śmierci.
Przeanalizował on raport z sekcji, który wskazuje na uszkodzenie żyły podobojczykowej jako główne źródło krwawienia i tłumaczy, gdzie leży problem.
U zdrowej osoby krwawienie żylne odbywa się pod niskim ciśnieniem i często samoogranicza się dzięki powstającemu naturalnie skrzepowi, a samo zbliżenie krawędzi rany i ucisk otaczających tkanek domyka żyłę na tyle, że spowalnia albo nawet zatrzymuje krwawienie.
Z nagrania z policyjnej kamery nasobnej wynika, że gdy policja przybyła na miejsce (prawdopodobnie 5-10 minut po zranieniu), Henry był na tyle przytomny, że mówił dość głośno. Nie był zatem jeszcze w stanie terminalnym. Po wykręceniu rąk do tyłu i skuciu za plecami najprawdopodobniej doszło do rozciągnięcia żyły, rozerwania skrzepu i gwałtownego nasilenia krwawienia. W ciągu zaledwie ok. trzech minut stracił przytomność i zmarł.
Osoby z podejrzeniem urazów wewnętrznych nigdy nie powinny być gwałtownie przemieszczane ani szarpane – takie działanie może zniszczyć naturalny skrzep i doprowadzić do masywnego krwotoku wewnętrznego.
Zamiast natychmiastowego wezwania zespołu ratownictwa medycznego i przekazania pacjenta w ręce ratowników, policja go skuła. Gdyby na miejscu jako pierwsi pojawili się paramedycy, szanse Henry’ego na przeżycie byłyby znacznie większe. "50%" - pisze dr Magier.
Ratownicy mogliby szybko założyć kroplówkę, podać płyny zwiększające objętość krwi krążącej oraz kwas traneksamowy stabilizujący skrzep, a w razie potrzeby wykonać dekompresję igłową (wkłucie grubej i długiej igły w płuco), bo problemem nie był tyle brak funkcji płuca, ale ucisk zalanego krwią płuca na serce i śródpiersie, który blokuje krążenie.
Co gorsza, incydent miał miejsce zaledwie kilka minut jazdy samochodem (2–3 minuty karetką na sygnale) od Southampton University Hospital – regionalnego Major Trauma Centre dysponującego pełnym zapleczem specjalistów, procedur i sprzętu. "Jestem przekonany, że gdyby Henry dotarł tam żywy, lekarze nie pozwoliliby mu umrzeć" - pisze dr Magier.
Podsumowując: agresywna interwencja policji, zamiast ratować życie, doprowadziła do śmierci przez nieodpowiednie postępowanie z ciężko ranionym człowiekiem, mimo że najwyższej klasy opieka była w zasięgu kilku minut. "Obawiam się, że Sędzia i patolog byli zbyt łaskawi dla policji" - pisze dr Magier.
This is justice in a blue state (New York).
State Trooper Christopher Baldner pulls over a family SUV for speeding on the Thruway.
Driver Tristin Goods refuses to show ID and escalates the stop. Trooper uses pepper spray.
Driver floors it and flees at high speed.
Trooper follows training and uses pit maneuver to ram the vehicle and stop the threat.
The SUV crashes. Goods’ own 11-year-old daughter Monica is tragically killed.
Result?
Trooper Baldner was just sentenced to ~7 years in prison for manslaughter.
The father - who caused the deadly chase - walks free after claiming he was “scared for his life.”
@terrybythebay@mtracey "I, in my extensive knowledge of everything in the history of mankind, don't instantly recognize that symbol, therefore anyone who does is a moron or a liar."
Truly amazing stuff. Humans are retarded.
@ingelramdecoucy@evanwch Ah, the false consensus effect in action.
"Every man out there (if they're being honest) is reading the John Wayne Gacy story thinking 'gee, what would happen if police dug up MY crawl space?'"
@Th_Angelopoulos@PolitlcsUK@billcurtis0 First of all, your reply was written by ChatGPT.
But tell ChatGPT that the mental shortcuts (heuristics) the police officers took killed Henry. Those heuristics were built by the society they live in. The heuristic used here was "POC good, white bad." And it was deadly.
@Th_Angelopoulos@BalthazarGrimm@PolitlcsUK@billcurtis0 Jesus, do you write ANYTHING on your own?
ChatGPT is letting an ENTIRE SOCIETY off the hook. Stop letting a bot do your thinking for you.
https://t.co/oC7mRAuFc7
@Th_Angelopoulos@PolitlcsUK@billcurtis0 First of all, your reply was written by ChatGPT.
But tell ChatGPT that the mental shortcuts (heuristics) the police officers took killed Henry. Those heuristics were built by the society they live in. The heuristic used here was "POC good, white bad." And it was deadly.
@Th_Angelopoulos@PolitlcsUK@billcurtis0 First of all, your reply was written by ChatGPT.
But tell ChatGPT that the mental shortcuts (heuristics) the police officers took killed Henry. Those heuristics were built by the society they live in. The heuristic used here was "POC good, white bad." And it was deadly.
It’s funny watching the party that tried to ruin Brett Kavanaugh’s life using the completely unsupported narrative of Christine Blasey Ford suddenly start questioning the veracity a story with great depth of detail as far as time, place, and contemporaneous verification of events sourced from multiple women
@nytimes Tony Timpa died the -exact- same way as George Floyd. Still not getting much coverage, though. Most Americans will know only what you tell us, not what actually is -- and you know it.
https://t.co/CbG4y50iVT
This is important.
This man👇🏼 was killed by cops exactly
-EXACTLY-
the same way as #GeorgeFloyd
But you've never heard his name.
There were no riots.
And the media didn't try to incite a domestic war.
Why?
Watch the video.
His name was Tony Timpa.
https://t.co/YGJ8zSgL0c