The billionaire blamed a California gender identity law for moving SpaceX and X headquarters.

Yuck. He could have just used some lame excuse like lower taxes or less business regulations or whatever and I would have just shrugged and said, eh I guess it makes sense what with the enormous facility they’ve built down there. But no, he had to make this about politics.

  • ptfrd@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Does DK apply here? The most comprehensive report & evidence review that I know of says:

    Parents should be encouraged to seek clinical help and advice in deciding how to support a child with gender incongruence and should be prioritised on the waiting list for early consultation on [the issue of social transition].

    Clinical involvement in the decision-making process should include advising on the risks and benefits of social transition as a planned intervention, referencing best available evidence. This is not a role that can be taken by staff without appropriate clinical training.

    Doesn’t sound like the author thinks social transition is the kind of thing teachers should normally be making decisions about.

    • becausechemistry@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      I suppose I’m using DK as a sort of colloquialism here. The guy knows some stuff. But knowing a little gives him unearned confidence about the rest. He has enough smart people around him to succeed, but he’s not a genius. He’s just a rich guy.

      • ptfrd@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        11·
        2 months ago

        I think he’s a genius. Not on this issue, of course (though if he’s read any of the Cass Review he’s way ahead of the people down-voting me for accurately quoting it).

        But probably the best engineering manager there’s ever been.