Why do some people think Elon Musk is smart?

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Definitely false i doubt he above 120, he just has money to pay people to come up with everything, he hasn’t made tesla cars, it was his employees who Elon pays them

Basic knowledge probably but annoys me some people believe he is some genius.

 

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"Elon Musk – a friend of mine works for him and told me one day he came into the Tesla factory, went straight up to an engineer personally, who he had studied and somehow knew him by name and what he looked like, fired him in front of everyone and then stuck his head under the hood of a truck and began working as an engineer in his own company"

i've read anecdotal stories about him like this. apparently he's very familiar with the engineering of both tesla and spacex designs. clearly smart but on the spectrum. no idea about iq, don't think it's that important tbh, smart but wouldn't call him a genius.