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With a grain of salt: > ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S) > Rafael Amado > Rafael Amado is president of research and development at Adaptimmune.

• maxharris 7y ago
  Why the grain of salt? Doesn't the fact that they're actually working on the problem make them more credible, rather than less? Yes, there's money involved, to be sure. However, on your view, does the fact that I get paid to write software disqualify me from speaking about software with credibility?
  • yarrel 7y ago
    If I was the author of a type of software that historically was over-hyped vaporware then it wouldn't disqualify me but it would warrant taking my pronouncements a grain of salt.
  • dmos62 7y ago
    Let me nitpick a bit. If for example the official Docker blog posted something on the lines of "Docker is good in these scenarios", or whatever, I'd recognize that there might be a conflict of incentives there, even if they are very well qualified to present Docker. Of course, it doesn't automatically disqualify what they have to say.
  • jessriedel 7y ago
    It's not about disqualifying anyone or necessarily about money. It's just a matter of noting bias, whether from money or acclaim. For instance, if an academic works in a particular area of chemistry, they are more predisposed to say their area will have big important contributions to society in the future than a random chemist would.