[MaysonL]

You think people would put their livelihood and reputation on the line for something that they think is a sham?

Pets.com. South Sea Bubble. Tulip mania. et omnium cetera.

It may work, but that's not the way to bet, right now. (Unless you've done a lot more math on it than I have, or, like the VCs and angels backing it, you're getting really good odds).

[notahacker]

Also its proponent notably didn't commit to involvement in the project, despite being comfortable juggling multiple other projects. I don't think that means he's not keen on the idea, but I do think it means he knows its risk/reward ratio is vastly worse than other ambitious projects he's involved with, especially if he's judged on the ability to hit the rather... optimistic metrics in his original paper.