It’s an interesting era to be alive in, where the rich and powerful (Trump, Musk) just assert things evidence free and then a whole community rolls in to come up with a post-facto rationalisation.

Musk hasn’t thought about any of this. He just says stuff. He agreed with a statement that “space cooling is free”[1], as a sign of how deeply considered it all is.

[1] https://nitter.net/elonmusk/status/1998483552669937682?lang=...