Okay, no. As much of an issue as I have with musk and the way he bullrushes into these things, this really was the right response at this point.

It’s a new tech. That goes into someone’s brain. You do not just go rutting around up there if the first attempt failed, and further tests (which have a significant element of risk) shouldn’t be in the brain that’s already been through this, not until it’s much better tuned.

Brain surgery isn’t a minor procedure.

If they’re able to fix it for him, there’s a fair chance they will, I’d imagine.

But continuing to dig around after that failure is what treating him like a disposable Guinea pig would look like because that’s how they’d very likely kill him or substantially diminish his quality of life with brain damage.

There are lots of real reasons to hate musk. This isn’t one of them.