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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

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?
  - scotty79 3y ago
    Overselling supposedly magic software is not a kind of fraud? I said that "I'm sure" that Palantir has a bit more than Bernie because they actually produced some software, I believe. "Not by much" was my guess given my experience of living 45 years on this planet through AI winter and spring (multiple?), working with software and computers. Experiencing how much of marketing is straight up lies. Seeing firsthand how government spends money on future predicting software that doesn't actually accurately predict anything, just presents results of some modelling. But that's just my guess. Maybe it is magic this time. After all my expectations were contradicted once already with ChatGPT. Not strongly, but somewhat.
    - vasilipupkin 3y ago
      "Overselling supposedly magic software is not a kind of fraud?". I suggest googling what fraud means. Marketing is most definitely not fraud and has nothing to do with fraud. You are making circular arguments. Palantir is a 50 bln dollar company and you provided exactly zero evidence that they are "overselling supposedly magic software" in other words you have no idea what you are talking about specifically with respect to Palantir. I never understand why people do this. Why make these strong claims if it turns out you just don't know ?
      - scotty79 3y ago
        Sorry, were you expecting to obtain unassailable secret evidence against 50bln dollar scheme from a random commenter on the internet? Apologies for not measuring up to your expectations. Please notify me once you obtain unassailable evidence that this scheme is in fact not a (colloquially) fraud i.e. it's worth what was spent on it.
        vasilipupkin 3y ago
        no, I was expecting any evidence, some evidence.
        scotty79 3y ago
        How about involvement of Palantir in Israel? I wonder if they were a part of decision making process that caused Isreal to methodically bomb Central World Kitchen aid convoy manned with foreign volunteers. We'll never know because if they were this information won't be publicized because of relationships between Isreal, US and business. When you read up on Palantir budiness in Israel there are question being raised why money is funneled back to a US corporation instead of developing local Isreali competence in processing intel.

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?
- scotty79 3y ago
  Overselling supposedly magic software is not a kind of fraud? I said that "I'm sure" that Palantir has a bit more than Bernie because they actually produced some software, I believe. "Not by much" was my guess given my experience of living 45 years on this planet through AI winter and spring (multiple?), working with software and computers. Experiencing how much of marketing is straight up lies. Seeing firsthand how government spends money on future predicting software that doesn't actually accurately predict anything, just presents results of some modelling. But that's just my guess. Maybe it is magic this time. After all my expectations were contradicted once already with ChatGPT. Not strongly, but somewhat.
  - vasilipupkin 3y ago
    "Overselling supposedly magic software is not a kind of fraud?". I suggest googling what fraud means. Marketing is most definitely not fraud and has nothing to do with fraud. You are making circular arguments. Palantir is a 50 bln dollar company and you provided exactly zero evidence that they are "overselling supposedly magic software" in other words you have no idea what you are talking about specifically with respect to Palantir. I never understand why people do this. Why make these strong claims if it turns out you just don't know ?
    - scotty79 3y ago
      Sorry, were you expecting to obtain unassailable secret evidence against 50bln dollar scheme from a random commenter on the internet? Apologies for not measuring up to your expectations. Please notify me once you obtain unassailable evidence that this scheme is in fact not a (colloquially) fraud i.e. it's worth what was spent on it.
      - vasilipupkin 3y ago
        no, I was expecting any evidence, some evidence.
        scotty79 3y ago
        How about involvement of Palantir in Israel? I wonder if they were a part of decision making process that caused Isreal to methodically bomb Central World Kitchen aid convoy manned with foreign volunteers. We'll never know because if they were this information won't be publicized because of relationships between Isreal, US and business. When you read up on Palantir budiness in Israel there are question being raised why money is funneled back to a US corporation instead of developing local Isreali competence in processing intel.