Judge it by its merits. If the object of hype adds useful novelty, the interest could be justified. If, as it's often the case, it is not quite known - it's a

Judge it by its merits. If the object of hype adds useful novelty, the interest could be justified. If, as it's often the case, it is not quite known - it's a question to figure out. Granted, intuition is worth something, but it's still not a certainty, so somebody having a different opinion still could see something useful here.