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ryan_n • today at 1:15 AM • 4 replies • view on HN

Serious question: why would he be "heavily" quoted in physics books? I didn't think he was a physicist, is he?


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epihelix • today at 1:45 AM

It's not limited to textbooks or academic publications, or based on any context whatsoever, but an ngram search actually suggests there's a much larger musk stain on recent published literature than I'd ever thought possible:

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Elon+Musk%2CAl...

Make of that what you will.

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so-gala-massey • today at 1:47 AM

I guess some people still like to troll? Or are so dumb they’ve obviously never even cracked a physic text? I’m hoping it’s just old fashioned trolling.

jeffbee • today at 1:18 AM

We need to get to the bottom of why people believe stuff like that, and fix it.

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