Elon Musk: "Physics is the law, everything else is a recommendation"
DimaZeniuk · x · 2026-09-16
Elon Musk remarked: "Physics is the law, everything else is a recommendation." The quote echoes his well-known first-principles thinking—only constraints imposed by physics are hard limits, while other rules, conventions, and industry assumptions are open to challenge. This mindset is widely seen as the underlying logic behind how he pushed SpaceX and Tesla to disrupt established industries.
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