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please. the last people that would buy into any kind of marketing are MBAs because they actually study marketing among other things during their 2 years of obt

please. the last people that would buy into any kind of marketing are MBAs because they actually study marketing among other things during their 2 years of obtaining an MBA. there is no perfect product, I don't know how well Palantir AI works, but I would be surprised it doesn't work at all

joloooo 3y ago
You're right. MBA's are immune from marketing or sales tactics. Don't tell Mckinsey.
- vasilipupkin 3y ago
  McKinsey hires top of the class people at top schools and pays them top dollar. If all they needed was marketing or sales, they could go to University of Nowhere and hire good looking tall people to do sales.
scotty79 3y ago
Psychological research shows that bulshitters are easiest to bullshit.
- vasilipupkin 3y ago
  source? most psychological research doesn't replicate
  - scotty79 3y ago
    Here's something about it. https://www.psypost.org/new-study-suggests-you-can-bullshit-some-bullshitters/ https://www.psypost.org/new-study-suggests-you-can-bullshit-... I'm sure you can find more.
    - vasilipupkin 3y ago
      "Bullshit receptivity and bullshitting frequency are both negatively associated with cognitive ability and analytic thinking." from your link. Given that it's pretty hard to get into a top MBA program, I think we can put this nonsense to bed.
      - scotty79 3y ago
        It's not hard because of cognitive ability required. It's hard because it's expensive fluff bs for jobs that have it as requirement. Useless without a position where you can exploit having MBA diploma. There's a case in Poland that one "university" was giving MBAs like candies to party officers so they can have some higher education to occupy well paid leadership positions in publicly owned companies. Nobody said MBAs buying Palantir or whatever came from "top" MBA programs. In Poland they would come from this "university".
        vasilipupkin 3y ago
        Regardless, I don't think you can make a reasonable case that MBAs in general are such low IQ people that they are buying Palantir software for no reason other than marketing or sales. It's much more likely that Palantir software actually works at least somewhat well. Palantir has a 50 billion dollar market cap. You don't get to that level on marketing alone
        scotty79 3y ago
        It's not about low IQ I think. It's more about a belief that you can create reality with words. Betnie Madoff was $64 billion and he had nothing but words. I'm sure Palantir has a bit more, but not by much.
        vasilipupkin 3y ago
        Bernie Madoff was a fraud, which is an unrelated thing to this convo Palantir is a real company. "I am sure Palantir has a bit more but not by much". Why are you so sure?

joloooo 3y ago

You're right. MBA's are immune from marketing or sales tactics. Don't tell Mckinsey.

vasilipupkin 3y ago
McKinsey hires top of the class people at top schools and pays them top dollar. If all they needed was marketing or sales, they could go to University of Nowhere and hire good looking tall people to do sales.

scotty79 3y ago

Psychological research shows that bulshitters are easiest to bullshit.

vasilipupkin 3y ago
source? most psychological research doesn't replicate
- scotty79 3y ago
  Here's something about it. https://www.psypost.org/new-study-suggests-you-can-bullshit-some-bullshitters/ https://www.psypost.org/new-study-suggests-you-can-bullshit-... I'm sure you can find more.
  - vasilipupkin 3y ago
    "Bullshit receptivity and bullshitting frequency are both negatively associated with cognitive ability and analytic thinking." from your link. Given that it's pretty hard to get into a top MBA program, I think we can put this nonsense to bed.
    - scotty79 3y ago
      It's not hard because of cognitive ability required. It's hard because it's expensive fluff bs for jobs that have it as requirement. Useless without a position where you can exploit having MBA diploma. There's a case in Poland that one "university" was giving MBAs like candies to party officers so they can have some higher education to occupy well paid leadership positions in publicly owned companies. Nobody said MBAs buying Palantir or whatever came from "top" MBA programs. In Poland they would come from this "university".
      - vasilipupkin 3y ago
        Regardless, I don't think you can make a reasonable case that MBAs in general are such low IQ people that they are buying Palantir software for no reason other than marketing or sales. It's much more likely that Palantir software actually works at least somewhat well. Palantir has a 50 billion dollar market cap. You don't get to that level on marketing alone
        scotty79 3y ago
        It's not about low IQ I think. It's more about a belief that you can create reality with words. Betnie Madoff was $64 billion and he had nothing but words. I'm sure Palantir has a bit more, but not by much.
        vasilipupkin 3y ago
        Bernie Madoff was a fraud, which is an unrelated thing to this convo Palantir is a real company. "I am sure Palantir has a bit more but not by much". Why are you so sure?