35 pointsby Teever8 hours ago7 comments
  • idontwantthis5 hours ago
    I haven't been able to get a clear answer to my question about Theranos: Was what she offered obviously impossible? That's my understanding. Blood is not homogeneous so it is physically impossible to get an accurate full blood panel from a single drop. Was there every any plan to address this or was it clearly a 100% fictitious product from the get-go? Did any journalist ever ask her or any scientist at Theranos about this problem? If not, then what were the scientists at Theranos doing all day? Were they all in on the scam? Or were there no scientists?

    I just don't get how you can spend years pretending to build something so obviously impossible.

    • scyzoryk_xyz3 hours ago
      I believe I read something about this film featuring a moment where Nathan insists that since she's innocent that they must go to the back yard to confirm how this machine works. Or something along those lines - in any case the absurdity of "I totally believe you, let me help you prove them wrong".

      What I'm reminded of is that documentary The Jinx which basically takes you along for the ride until the subject accidentally confesses. Documentary filmmaking is so weird - there is always the element of fiction and make believe that somehow manages to get at the truth

    • cyanydeez2 hours ago
      A mix of needing a paycheck, "fake it till you make it" and psychopathy.
  • NickNaraghi6 hours ago
  • ternaryoperator7 hours ago
    This movie is getting lots of publicity without a single review saying anything about the actual contents.
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    • throwawalien6 hours ago
      plenty of reviews with varying praise

      https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/you_can_see_everything/revi...

      "A triumphant, riveting, and continually shape-shifting piece of creative non-fiction with curiosity and a playful sense of uncomfortable humor that will be no surprise to anyone familiar with Fielder’s work, it’s the kind of documentary that is persistently inquisitive and skeptical: both about its alarmingly wide-eyed subject who often refuses to blink, and the process of documentary filmmaking itself."

      "You Can See Everything reaches for accuracy in its portrayal of a much talked-about figure. It ends up asking, with plenty of humor but no small amount of wisdom, what “accuracy” would even look like in the first place."

    • xenospn6 hours ago
      “Contents: Lizzy Holmes”. That’s all you need.
  • ChrisArchitect4 hours ago
    Related:

    'You Can See Everything' Review: Nathan Fielder's Doc About Elizabeth Holmes

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49596119

  • ktallett8 hours ago
    The trailer for the documentary is such a draw, due to the subject, and also how close they were able to get. She is a mythical character in many ways yet a tech Lance Armstrong.
    • yostrovs7 hours ago
      She's not mythical. She's a female psychopath and that characteristic is fascinating for many people.
      • tanseydavid5 hours ago
        Her incredibly low-rate of eye blinks is extremely off-putting/disturbing for me.

        Anyone else get the same vibe?

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      • add-sub-mul-div7 hours ago
        Only the female part is fascinating to them. Otherwise we'd see more high level dude psychopath scammers in prison.
        • dlcarrier6 hours ago
          Her lackey got more prison time than she did, even though he was following her orders.
          • reaperducer5 hours ago
            even though he was following her orders.

            I guess you missed World War II, and the trials that followed. "Following orders" isn't an excuse for anything.

            • OkayPhysicist4 hours ago
              It's not an excuse, but we hanged the guys giving the orders, too.
        • dtagames7 hours ago
          But it's not the justice system; it's TV. And we have lots of psycho male scammers on TV.
        • ktallett7 hours ago
          SBF. Lance Armstrong. Both in a similar vein and both as fascinating.
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  • OgsyedIE7 hours ago
    Rehabilitating her image in the same format as Martha Stewart promises to be highly profitable for pre-public investors who can reap the holdings of bagholders yet to come.
    • asdff6 hours ago
      Oh just watch the trailer
    • blinkbat7 hours ago
      that is not what will happen here.
    • quickthrowman7 hours ago
      I assure you that Nathan Fielder is not rehabilitating her image. If you’ve see his work, you’d understand.

      He gets people with personality disorders or a lack of embarrassment to act insane in front of cameras, more or less. I don’t see why that would change, given the subject. She tried to get out of prison by having a baby.