pay minions to level up your video games. lie about it and get caught. that's trillionaire brain

How did you come to the conclusion that being that wealthy was because of intelligence? Elon has been at the right place at the right time to compound capital through luck, connections, and selling ideas in return for purchase of equity.

Most YC companies fail in some way. 90% of startups fail. Were those founders not smart? I think the majority are/were, they just were not lucky enough [1] [2] [3]. If your belief system and mental model cannot internalize that the deciding factor is luck over skill, well, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ [4] [5]. Review the data, update your priors and improve the mental model to more closely align to reality.

If you don't like the rules, you are free to start your own forum. As long as it’s their forum, it’s their rules. As a guest, I do not complain about the asks my hosts make of me. It would be impolite. Be polite and respectful when you are a guest in someone else’s home.

[1] If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich? Turns out it’s just chance. - https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/03/01/144958/if-youre-... - March 1st, 2018

[2] Ref: arxiv.org/abs/1802.07068 : Talent vs. Luck: The Role of Randomness in Success and Failure https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.07068

[3] Your Outsized Wealth Is Mostly Due To Luck: Be Thankful! - https://www.financialsamurai.com/your-wealth-is-mostly-due-t... - March 26th, 2026

[4] Highly intelligent people are more likely to ditch old habits for better ideas, study finds - https://www.psypost.org/highly-intelligent-people-are-more-l... - June 11th, 2026

[5] Tiarn Burtenshaw, Bradley Walker, Gilles Gignac, Cyril C. Grueter, Nicolas Fay, Individual differences in intelligence and personality guide human social learning, Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 253, 2026, 113639, ISSN 0191-8869, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2026.113639.