Musk: Future discovery is ~100% engineering, and why he left physics
ns123abc · x · 2026-10-03
Elon Musk argues that since the set of physics rules governing reality is tiny compared to what can be built with them, future discovery rounds up to 100% engineering. He explains he skipped a physics career to avoid waiting on new colliders or telescopes, preferring to advance technologies that ultimately enable new physics.
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