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0 pointsEA-31672y ago0 comments

"In addition, my plan guarantees every child a free kitten or puppy, along with the aforementioned immortality."

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Sure, but a human could write that too. Surely the onus is on the investor to assess how realistic they think the founders' claims are.

EA-3167OP2y ago

They fell for Juicero and Theranos, can we *really expect that from them?

Yes, but often in a later due diligence stage.

And also the human will be on the hook for actually delivering, so sane founders will take that into account.

is this some new hacker news poes law usually i can tell but this one is too spicy for me

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Sure, but a human could write that too. Surely the onus is on the investor to assess how realistic they think the founders' claims are.

EA-3167OP2y ago

They fell for Juicero and Theranos, can we *really expect that from them?

Yes, but often in a later due diligence stage.

And also the human will be on the hook for actually delivering, so sane founders will take that into account.

is this some new hacker news poes law usually i can tell but this one is too spicy for me

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse