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This is approaching the end game of what happens when "deep tech" or "business translator" types that have no actual technical education but "get it" because th
by version_five 5y ago
This is approaching the end game of what happens when "deep tech" or "business translator" types that have no actual technical education but "get it" because they understand a parable or analogy about something get too much away.
It's almost like a vertical integration to be able to control the whole value chain of BS instead of having to find legit sources to cite. Somehow this has shades of Enron or Theranos, where a non-specialist's misconception of an idea results in a gigantic scam.
In some ways, at least those people are mostly just genuinely ignorant. The folks like the faculty they have lined up presumably know better, but are still going along with it.