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At the time of Theranos's debunking there were some posts to HN showing that it was mathematically implausible. Something about signal to noise and specificity
by dekhn 4y ago
At the time of Theranos's debunking there were some posts to HN showing that it was mathematically implausible. Something about signal to noise and specificity at extremely small molecule counts. I don't know how to find it, but I assume somebody in the hacker news hivemind knows what I mean and can dig up the link.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoBreathalyzers can't serve as a credible proxy for blood alcohol down to 100ppm without any consideration of physiological differences and yet they're accepted as divination tools.