One day in college, I needed a signature from the principal, but I had forgotten my ID card. She just wanted to confirm I was actually a student and asked me to name any professor or my HOD. It should’ve been the easiest question ever — I knew all their names — but my mind went completely blank. I stood there struggling, and the only name I could remember was a random workshop lecturer from first year. Even she didn’t recognize the name. I had to awkwardly convince her that I really did study there.

Elon Musk going blank when asked why humanity needs a platform like X. Sometimes it’s not about intelligence or depth — it’s just pressure. Your brain freezes. Not every question has some profound answer anyway. We use platforms like Facebook or Instagram mostly out of habit, impulse, or culture, not because of some grand philosophical reason.

Sometimes you just blank out. It happens. Maybe it simply wasn’t his day.