I’m probably going to get flames for this, but it would not surprise me in the least if Altman staged this. Given his history, it’s exactly the kind of thing he would do. Think about it - Elon has launched a smear campaign against him prior to the trial and Altman is getting crushed by negative press. Despite his efforts, he has been having trouble getting the media to pay attention to what he has to say about it. Solution? Rise above the noise with something even more newsworthy, and use it to push his personal PR, even mentioning and retorting Musk.

Think about something else: your house gets firebombed at 3:45am. How long until the cops wrap up and are done interviewing you? Two hours? How long until your family calms down and you can have alone time to write? He states it’s still night when he’s writing it. Yet he finds enough time alone to write a well-thought-out essay?

Yeah…seems likely.