Well that&#x27;s all very moral, but what Theranos is doing is mostly engineering. So while &quot;hype the fuck out of it, raise big money, and fake it &#x27;till you make it&quot; might feel all icky, it&#x27;s not a unique plan.<p>Will we be saying the same things about Palantir? Maybe, maybe not. There&#x27;s not that much difference between Palantir and Theranos. What has Palantir got that others  don&#x27;t? Answer: The ability to raise money at incredible valuations. Both are living off a mythologized (&quot;PayPal has great fraud detection&quot; and &quot;you don&#x27;t need an incompetent phlebotomist poking holes in your arm&quot;) advantage. We&#x27;ll see if they can turn all that money into a real advantage.<p>But you can&#x27;t count on science to spank these people.