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Steve Mollman

Elon Musk uses Twitter 'to amplify his bad thinking,’ says NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Credit: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin—FilmMagic)

Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is “crap at critical thinking,” according to NBA legend turned Substack writer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, but has the ability to “infect” others with his “bad thinking” thanks to his social network. Abdul-Jabbar, a novelist, civil rights advocate, and until recently the NBA’s leading all-time scorer—LeBron James ended his decades-long reign in February—shared his thoughts about Musk on his Substack blog on Thursday, and he did not mince words.

Musk, the NBA great wrote, is “unable to apply the use of facts in reaching conclusions about social and political issues” but possesses “a giant megaphone to amplify his bad thinking to infect others.” 

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