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		anongraddebt on May 1, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Crypto Fund II VC theses are almost always just pattern matching. Moreover, they aren't the first to ever put forward that thesis. Is it a good thesis? What's your criteria? By any scientific criteria, of course, the thesis is asinine. However, if the criteria is other VC theses, then it is an adequate thesis.

rsynnott on May 1, 2020 [–]

So... compared to other nonsense it passes muster?

anongraddebt on May 5, 2020 | [–]

Why wouldn't it? Are there grades of reasonableness when trying to predict the future?

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