When I was a little kid, I was really scared of the dark. But then I came to understand, dark just means the absence of photons in the visible wavelength 400 to 700 nanometers. Then I thought, well it's really silly to be afraid of a lack of photons. Then I wasn't afraid of the dark anymore after that.

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Elon Reeve Musk (; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman and politician known for his key roles in the automotive company Tesla, Inc. and the space company SpaceX. Since January 2025, he has served as administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency, under the second Donald Trump presidential administration....

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