Yeah, I think we're actually in agreement here. Sometimes I think about how, if Theranos had figured out how to make things work over the last year before the WSJ article, all of their horrible and unethical practices would have been swept under the rug even if they were essentially lying for years to investors and patients.

Unfortunately, it turns out that "fake it til you make it" doesn't work with some problems that are seemingly unsolvable (at least by the approach they took).