You might assume this is just some techno-weenie blogger that's getting too excited about one of his hobbies, but if you look at the official submissions from companies aiming to build nuclear in Australia you'll see that this worrying lack of interest in objective truth is endemic to the industry.
Everything else apart, trusting someone with Billions of dollars after they try to pass off obviously out of date info on their competitor in order to con you into supporting them seems unwise.
Even being able to come up with vaguely convincing false information would give you more confidence in their abilities to successfully deliver such a project.
> You might assume this is just some techno-weenie blogger that's getting too excited about one of his hobbies, but if you look at the official submissions from companies aiming to build nuclear in Australia you'll see that this worrying lack of interest in objective truth is endemic to the industry.
It is endemic to human nature. There's no reason to believe that any industry is being particularly honest about their own raison d'être.
Everything else apart, trusting someone with Billions of dollars after they try to pass off obviously out of date info on their competitor in order to con you into supporting them seems unwise.
Even being able to come up with vaguely convincing false information would give you more confidence in their abilities to successfully deliver such a project.