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by Simon321 1118 days ago
That's because it's not authentically trying to address a problem but trying to convince an audience of something by appealing to authority. Elizabeth Holmes & Theranos were masters of collecting authorities to back their bogus claims because they know how effective it is. It doesn't even need to be in the field where you're making the claims. They had Kissinger for god's sake, it was a biotech company!