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0 pointsnaasking4mo ago0 comments

If they did actually achieve something remarkable, giving the skeptics time to bury their own credibility has some advantages.

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stetrain4mo ago· 2 in thread

I'm not sure being hesitant to accept claims without evidence is a mark against credibility.

I think stringing this out certainly has marketing advantages. But I think if they really had this kind of breakthrough they would be focusing on billion-dollar deals with manufacturers to ramp up capacity rather than internet hype marketing.

naaskingOP4mo ago

> I'm not sure being hesitant to accept claims without evidence is a mark against credibility.

Some skeptics have gone much further than that, calling the Donut battery impossible.

The fact that they're taking their time addressing critics might just be an indication that they are making those deals. Time will tell.

stetrain4mo ago

> The fact that they're taking their time addressing critics might just be an indication that they are making those deals.

I think if they were doing so then there would not be much point in trying to market to the internet at large.

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