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The concept of “fake it til you make it” gets roasted a lot in relation to Theranos, but the media has it wrong, IMHO. That phrase doesn’t mean lie about your m
by abrax3141 4y ago
The concept of “fake it til you make it” gets roasted a lot in relation to Theranos, but the media has it wrong, IMHO. That phrase doesn’t mean lie about your manual (or whatever - commercial analyzer) process until you figure out how to do the thing you are trying to get to. It means to OPENLY fake it, with the understanding by everyone involved that the “fake” process on the path towards the vision. It’s OPENLY FAKE IT til you make it, not LIE til you make it! If they had been open about the stepping stone use of third party analyzers (and other similar behavior), none of this would have happened. They might not have made it - they were running out of $ - but at least they wouldn’t be going to jail!
- atombender 4y agoHow do you "openly fake" something when the definition of "faking" is to deceive? Do you have any examples?
- abrax3141 4y agoNo. The definition of “lie” is to deceive. But I mean openly to their advisors and investors. Not to their competition. But I do thinks it’s possible to openly fake something. Consider when Penn and Teller do those “open” magic tricks. The surface effect is no less amazing because you can see how it’s done - in fact it’s more so, at least to me. Maybe it’s good to see it once the closed way, but then opening up the box just ices the cake!