True. I'm just countering the tendency to think that pure youth is best. That seemed to peak with the Elizabeth Holmes mess. Had she gained five years of experience and a more grounded plan of attack with the same level of charisma and ambition it may have turned out more favorably.

This is a very optimistic view considering every part of her methodology was and always will be physically impossible without completely changing how we understand biology.

The implausibility was obvious even at the level of basic sciences. When I heard about Theranos, I checked the units on my last test from an established lab. Glucose and cholesterol -- which can be done with finger pricks -- measure in mg/dl. A standard blood test like a total thyroid test measures in ng/dl so that's one million times higher resolution. Free thyroid is in picograms/dl !!