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Only the pathetically stupid came away from the presentations from Holmes and Evans and thought they had any merit. Treating it like a debate in the film would be counterproductive and leave them open to nitpicking (or worse, accidental errors bolstering Holmes' claims) Why argue with blatant lies?

She is what we might call a super saleswoman.

Not disagreeing, but I have a huge backlog of things I could see, both current and out for a long time. This didn't make my short list.

Once again, the answer to this quandary can be found in the vast gulf between your self-perceived intelligence and the truth of the matter.

this article is full of pearl-clutching about Holmes fooling the audience about her tech, and just... relax fella. it is completely clear in the film that Holmes is talking nonsense. her lies were unconvincing to the point of getting huge laughs. she did not fool audiences or Nathan about the tech

It's less an "uncanny power" than a relentlessly rehearsed skill developed with years and years of dedicated practice. Recall that as an undergraduate when her peers were going to parties and being kids, Holmes was in front of a mirror practicing to lie with a convincing face. She is a sociopath.

Holmes deliberately recruited famous elderly men with little to no experience in biotech to be her board members. She claimed to have solved several different hard problems at once, and didn't prove any of it publicly. Experts in the field were calling bullshit very early on.

The only thing uncanny is how many people think this is what an uncanny power to persuade looks like. Aleena the Enchantress would never.

Jesus so boring. The only reason she’s in jail is she scammed billionaires. If she stole money from poor people she would be a Fox News hero.

Silicon Valley and tech press can turn anything into a god or goddess icon

lol not all of society. Just the idiots who are swayed by wealth or even the pretense of it

Yikes