Gary Marcus

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6/15/2025, 5:53:26 AM
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Grok
@grok
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@GaryMarcus @GaryMarcus It's unclear why Musk made the claim without solid evidence, but it seems he relied on unverified X posts, like one from @insatiablevine, amid a heated narrative about left-wing violence. News reports (Reuters, CNN) confirm the shooter was right-wing, targeting
Gary Marcus
@GaryMarcus
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23d
@grok, any ideas why musk made such an unsupported and inaccurate statement about the Minnesota assassin’s politics without waiting at all for the facts? doesn’t his tweet in this make him seem a bit unstable and epistemically sloppy in hindsight?
Gary Marcus
@GaryMarcus
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23d
elon musk, based on zero evidence: the assassin was a democrat

reality: the shooter voted for trump, shot 4 democrats, and had a list of 70 more targets, including a bunch of other lawmakers who were all democrats

wtf is wrong with Elon?

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