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Elizabeth Holmes to seek mental disease/insanity
magic:
They all wanted to believe :D
coppice:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on January 04, 2022, 05:54:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: coppice on January 04, 2022, 05:25:16 pm ---I'm more bothered about the mental state of all the people suckered by such a transparent charlatan. This seems like a classic Emperor's new clothes event.
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That's my point all along, yes. Glad at least one person here sees it the same way.
As to this happening again, unfortunately, I'm almost certain it's going to. And possibly in health-related startups too, especially since those are booming these days.
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Of course it will happen again. All the bad stuff from history will eventually see a re-run. It looks like millions of youngsters have been convinced our current way of life is so messed up, we'll soon be back under feudalism. :)
Bud:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on January 04, 2022, 01:47:51 am ---As to how she was able to "buy" those high-profile board members - and keep them on board, while definitely some things were starting to be questioned along the way - is also a bit of a mystery.
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Not as much if you look who her parents are.
MK14:
--- Quote from: bdunham7 on January 04, 2022, 05:38:37 pm ---Frankly I'm a bit dismayed that we prosecute these things as investor fraud. I say screw the investors if they aren't diligent. She should have been prosecuted for fraud against medical patients and for that every person in the company who was fully aware of what was going on deserves hanging. IMO.
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Because there are two types of leaders in those situations. Those who genuinely believe their invention(s), will succeed and work well, in the future, as long as it received enough monetary investment. Such as detecting Gold from a very long range, using only rf for the detection. A leader really could believe in that (or many other things, such as free energy machines). In which case they probably shouldn't be prosecuted, if the investments, eventually fail.
Alternatively, there are leaders who know full well, that the 'invention', such as a crystal which 'magically' cures badly ill people, or an audio cable which 'amazingly' improves the over all sound quality, well beyond what an electronic engineer would consider, even vaguely reasonable. Who in real terms are con artists, and are basically defrauding investors and the buying general public.
Gyro:
It's funny, but over the past few days I've been seeing TV ads in the UK from nu*an.com offering disease diagnosis (not just erectile dysfunction) based on mail in finger prick blood samples.
I don't know whether it's just coincidental timing with the Holmes trial verdict, whether I've developed heightened sensitivity to them, or whether they figure that any publicity is good publicity. >:D
I'm not suggesting that they're doing anything more dodgy than charging people for sending them a few drops of blood. Not something I would have any confidence in though!.
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