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EEVblog:

--- Quote from: jrs45 on January 27, 2022, 02:03:07 pm ---
--- Quote from: Howardlong on January 26, 2022, 08:56:25 pm ---
Like Theranos and their front person Elizabeth Holmes.

I wonder, am I missing something really obvious about certain people and their, ahem, attractiveness to investors?

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I suspect that there is a lot of motivation from the press to highlight the "achievements" of female scientists and entrepreneurs, especially those that are easy on the eyes.  It sells more articles, gets more eyeballs, and supports the current cultural emphasis on achievement by the historically "repressed", and all the wokeness that is so fashionable these days.

This glowing, uncritical press coverage brings them attention from more investors and credibility, making it much easier for them to raise money, and encouraging them to continue with their nonsense.  Rather than, you know, actually building something that works.

Of course, in these cases it completely backfired, because both Holmes and Perry were frauds.  Hardly good examples of female scientists/entrepreneurs.  A real shame, because those who actually deserve recognition are being overlooked in favor of charlatans.

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Nothing new here. And it's not just females, it works both ways.
An attractive college dropout male with a backstory and a "look" gets the media attention over the genious Jabba the hut ugly triple PhD guy any day of the week.

langwadt:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on January 27, 2022, 08:53:19 pm ---
--- Quote from: jrs45 on January 27, 2022, 02:03:07 pm ---
--- Quote from: Howardlong on January 26, 2022, 08:56:25 pm ---
Like Theranos and their front person Elizabeth Holmes.

I wonder, am I missing something really obvious about certain people and their, ahem, attractiveness to investors?

--- End quote ---

I suspect that there is a lot of motivation from the press to highlight the "achievements" of female scientists and entrepreneurs, especially those that are easy on the eyes.  It sells more articles, gets more eyeballs, and supports the current cultural emphasis on achievement by the historically "repressed", and all the wokeness that is so fashionable these days.

This glowing, uncritical press coverage brings them attention from more investors and credibility, making it much easier for them to raise money, and encouraging them to continue with their nonsense.  Rather than, you know, actually building something that works.

Of course, in these cases it completely backfired, because both Holmes and Perry were frauds.  Hardly good examples of female scientists/entrepreneurs.  A real shame, because those who actually deserve recognition are being overlooked in favor of charlatans.

--- End quote ---

Nothing new here. And it's not just females, it works both ways.
An attractive college dropout male with a backstory and a "look" gets the media attention over the genious Jabba the hut ugly triple PhD guy any day of the week.

--- End quote ---

I think with females it is slightly different in they get to say they are oppressed because they are female while at the same time the reason they get attention is because they are female

Buriedcode:
I hate to point this out, but what wrong with using the word "Woman" or Women.  Describing people as "males" and "females" is creepy and non species specific, we're not narrating a nature show.

Nominal Animal:

--- Quote from: Buriedcode on January 28, 2022, 09:29:10 pm ---I hate to point this out, but what wrong with using the word "Woman" or Women.  Describing people as "males" and "females" is creepy and non species specific, we're not narrating a nature show.

--- End quote ---
We most definitely are narrating a nature show.

Kean:
Woah, the current bid on GoDaddy for sonicenergy.com was sitting at $101 yesterday, and today it is $4,010!

I wasn't sure if that was USD or AUD, as I get directed to the au.godaddy.com site but no currency is shown on that page and it didn't matter much when it was sitting at $14.  When clicking through on "Place Bid" it says $2,550 USD which is roughly $3,646 AUD, or $4,010 AUD when adding 10% GST.

Bid history shows 9 bidders and 19 bids as of right now, with the first low ball bid on 26th Jan, and significant activity yesterday.  Bidder 5 has an automatic bid placed on 27th Jan which is winning so far.

https://godaddy.com/domain-auctions/sonicenergy-com-408187121

No idea why I care  :-DD

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