Economist shares 2014 email showing he brushed off Theranos doubts: 'can't imagine their tech doesn't work'
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-10-31
Economist Afinetheorem looks back at a prediction miss: he spoke on Theranos after being invited in 2014, and when The Economist questioned the company's tech in October 2015, he responded that Theranos had 'a very qualified medical board' and 'I can't imagine their tech doesn't work.' The screenshots show a 2014 referral email from Channing Robertson and his dismissive reply to the skeptical coverage — a first-person footnote to the Theranos fraud saga, shared with self-deprecating humor.
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