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Alex Kaplan (Princeton physics bachelor's, CEO of Cometeer which is like Juicero of coffee) thinks it's over: https://twitter.com/alexkaplan0/status/1684642852616192000?r...

Edit: He's been breathlessly tweeting his hopes for the compound, and has now done complete 180. This is just meant to be a data point showing that one hypester has lost faith. His physics academic background (which is non-expert but still better than the average joe) shows that he's got a tiny bit of credibility, but his being of a failing coffee startup shows that he's probably got other motives.

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As a Harvard physics bachelor, I don't think an undergrad physics degree gives much expert claim at all.

Yeah, I think he knew his initial breathless positive tweeting would go viral and he was really trying to attract new investment for his struggling startup. Which he did.

The guy loves to jump on and off the hype train.

I guess he just now read the paper properly and found some inconsistencies.

I'd wait for people to try and replicate. It is obvious that the paper was not ready and has mistakes.

Yeah, we should give the author the proper chance to replicate and full peer review before making a final call. I sympathize withe the frustration of work being seen prematurely, it's hard to undo the initial bias.

"Juicero of coffee" is like an anti-endorsement

Yes that was kind of the point lol

"Physics bachelor" "CEO of Juicero for coffee"

Also this guy was the one shilling the paper in the first place and he’s now in damage control mode as he knows that it’s BS and doesn’t want to loose more credibility in the fallback.

What’s the context for this? What does over mean and who did he sit down with?

It's FUD. If you are being so vague without any critical argument, then there's nothing of substance here.

juicero for coffee? An investor who tried to get me on board at juicero said it was nespresso for fruit drinks!

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