> The crazy thing about Theranos is that so many people with experience in microfluidics (developed mainly for DNA sequencing although there are other uses) kne

> The crazy thing about Theranos is that so many people with experience in microfluidics (developed mainly for DNA sequencing although there are other uses) knew that their claims were impossible, technologically speaking. I'd push back on this a bit - not because it's wrong in the case of Theranos, but because it's often wrong in the general case. A lot of the time 'industry experts' go on about how some new approach is impossible for X reason and they're often wrong. Tesla is a good example of this (some people are still saying EVs can't work even today). You really have to get in the weeds yourself to understand whether something is possible or not rather than deferring to others most of the time. I do agree though that her investors didn't do that. She was also able to get famous people invested and on her board which I think compounded things.