"Because of Joy’s earlier history as a legendary computer scientist—a co-founder of Sun, a co-inventor of Java, and a visionary who was working on the Internet

"Because of Joy’s earlier history as a legendary computer scientist—a co-founder of Sun, a co-inventor of Java, and a visionary who was working on the Internet of Things two decades ago—his views have weight, separate and apart from his financial interest in the company." No. His background in computer science basically gives him just as much credibility in material science as I have. So the story here is famous guy leverages his fame to plug one of his investments, which is fine, but rich famous guys invest in dead ends all the time, because they can afford to. This might turn out to be the real thing, but the odds aren't in his favor.