The Importance of Asking the Right Question

In this excerpt, we see Elon Musk remind his audience the importance, and difficulty, of asking the right question.

[RobertoRuizPhilosophyMonkey]

I've always liked Clifford's "A question rightly asked is already half answered, said Jacobi; we may add that the method of solution is the other half of the answer, and that the actual result counts for nothing by the side of these two."

[apextroll]

True..Ask the right question, get the right answer.

[frank]

Can there be scientific study without love?

[skaermf]

I can't tell if this is a joke or not

[m.rebman]

Elon might want to start framing the right solicio-economic and moral questions properly. Then he might have the answer flow out naturally (as he claims in this very old short) in spite of his complete lack of understanding of these critically human sciences.