Attorney, journalist, and Elon Musk biographer Seth Abramson eviscerated both Elon Musk and his “fanboys” who have attempted to use the billionaire’s IQ as an indication of his intellectual prowess in a series of messages shared on X Thursday evening and into Friday.

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    15 hours ago

    Imma quote from the article.

    Abramson noted, “It is also a particularly American disease to confuse wealth with intelligence and corporations with those who own them."

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      15 hours ago

      Musk’s wealth isn’t the best indicator of his intelligence. It’s more circumstantial evidence at best.

      “corporations with those who own them.”

      This veers towards been an non sequitur. The claim isn’t that Musk is the corporation or that he is responsible for every decision. However, he is one of the (and probably THE) prominent voices in his companies and his decisions can massively impact the company’s trajectory. One success is luck, multiple successes suggests there’s a lot more than luck at play.