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Why disregard someone simply because they own a piece of a company that also supports the goal? I think any rational person would do the same - you believe in s
by czbond 5y ago
Why disregard someone simply because they own a piece of a company that also supports the goal? I think any rational person would do the same - you believe in something so you start, invest in, or advise a company.
- bluechair 5y agoI think the comment also said that this person’s views aren’t taken seriously in the aging research community. So the combination of their ideas and a desire to profit from them raises flags.
- inglor_cz 5y agoI don't think Harvard would let Sinclair have a lab with some 35 people and publish articles under their name if he was a total fraud/quack. My impression of Sinclair is that he likes public attention too much and often reports on work in progress with too much certainty, but results like this [1] seem to be fairly impressive. [1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2975-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2975-4
- ck2 5y agoCounterpoint from someone more educated (with a more precise conclusion that he is "not evidence based") https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1492902239312039938.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1492902239312039938.html