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BJP posted one of the best edits on the eve of Diwali
I want the people of Uttar Pradesh to remember all of this before they cast their votes
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🚨 Goa's Palolem beach is crowned as Asia's best beach for 2026 and the 6th best in the world.
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Breaking: India is ready to mediate in establishing food corridors, Ukraine President Zelenskyy says after talks with PM Modi
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The beauty of doing nothing is that you can do it perfectly. Only when you do something is it almost impossible to do it without mistakes. Therefore people who are contributing nothing to society, except their constant criticisms, can feel both intellectually and morally superior.
-Thomas Sowell
Temple's core pitch collapses under basic medical scrutiny. It is sold as an adhesive optical sensor placed over the temple of the head, that gives a measure of the blood flow of the brain. And a laughable gravity ageing hypothesis.
Blood flow to the brain is by the Internal Carotid & Vertebral Systems. To assess them, you need transcranial Doppler Ultrasound measuring Middle Cerebral Artery or phase contrast MRI. Optical signals placed over the temple skin, might possibly give data about the superficial temporal artery, that supplies the face & scalp. So this marketed device can possibly measure extra-cranial flow changes, but not reliably- blood flow to the brain.
The Gravity ageing hypothesis is flawed too. Ageing is multifactorial- Metabolic factors, genomic instability, mitochondrial dysfunction, chronic inflammation, senescence etc. Cerebral autoregulation keeps blood flow to the brain relatively stable across postures. Deepinder Goyal's hypothesis is reductionist.
Goyal framing it as NOT a medical device, does not make it a scientific device. It is what it is- Pseudoscience.
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Wonderful, a mature, simple response.
So much better than whatever we saw the past few days.
Hello everyone. Happy Diwali!
Thank you for your criticism, your support and your time over the last two days. Gives me much needed clarity on what we need to explain better:
1. Temple is not made for India. It’s made for the world. Please check pricing. We don’t expect any more than 1% of Temples being sold in India.
2. If you are upset that the pricing is too high, I am sorry. There’s a lot of work that went into Temple, and we priced it at what we think it’s worth. If you think its overpriced, you can wait for user reviews to decide if its worth your money.
3. Please do not support us because we are an Indian startup. We want to compete globally. We don’t need/want nationalist support. Support us if you want to support early innovation, which could help you live a better life, and will continue to add more proof to its science over the years.
4. There are different audiences which buy products at various levels of proof. Proof goes from whitepaper -> pre-print -> peer reviewed. You are free to sit on the fence until peer reviewed proof arrives. You are free to not believe it even then. Nobody is forcing you to buy. Making announcements is our right; and if we overclaim anywhere, we will inevitably fall into regulatory trouble everywhere in the world.
5. We didn’t make any medical claim. Doctors primarily see things from a medical lens, so they see every claim as a medical claim. I repeat – Temple is strictly a fitness + AI device, and we've made no medical claims. Temple is not proven to diagnose or prevent any disease. It doesn't do anything which replaces the need for you to see a doctor.
6. The main point of Temple is NOT Brain Flow. That’s what we just started Temple for, and studies on Brain Flow are the first ones getting out.
7. The main point of Temple is Entropy (I shared the HomeScreen of Temple three months ago with Entropy as the main thing). Our emails to our waitlisted users only talk about Entropy. We haven’t published anything on Entropy yet. We will. If you want to buy Temple before that, please do. If you don’t want to, don’t.
8. Roomdeaf AI is an expansion of the device’s capabilities, and our vision for Temple. It is not a pivot.
9. Social media is not the regulator for Temple. Wherever we need regulatory clearances, we will have them before we make any claim needing them.
10. I will post a detailed note on how we calculate Brain Flow, its uses, and most importantly, its limitations in a bit (tomorrow).
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Hello everyone. Happy Diwali!
Thank you for your criticism, your support and your time over the last two days. Gives me much needed clarity on what we need to explain better:
1. Temple is not made for India. It’s made for the world. Please check pricing. We don’t expect any more than 1% of Temples being sold in India.
2. If you are upset that the pricing is too high, I am sorry. There’s a lot of work that went into Temple, and we priced it at what we think it’s worth. If you think its overpriced, you can wait for user reviews to decide if its worth your money.
3. Please do not support us because we are an Indian startup. We want to compete globally. We don’t need/want nationalist support. Support us if you want to support early innovation, which could help you live a better life, and will continue to add more proof to its science over the years.
4. There are different audiences which buy products at various levels of proof. Proof goes from whitepaper -> pre-print -> peer reviewed. You are free to sit on the fence until peer reviewed proof arrives. You are free to not believe it even then. Nobody is forcing you to buy. Making announcements is our right; and if we overclaim anywhere, we will inevitably fall into regulatory trouble everywhere in the world.
5. We didn’t make any medical claim. Doctors primarily see things from a medical lens, so they see every claim as a medical claim. I repeat – Temple is strictly a fitness + AI device, and we've made no medical claims. Temple is not proven to diagnose or prevent any disease. It doesn't do anything which replaces the need for you to see a doctor.
6. The main point of Temple is NOT Brain Flow. That’s what we just started Temple for, and studies on Brain Flow are the first ones getting out.
7. The main point of Temple is Entropy (I shared the HomeScreen of Temple three months ago with Entropy as the main thing). Our emails to our waitlisted users only talk about Entropy. We haven’t published anything on Entropy yet. We will. If you want to buy Temple before that, please do. If you don’t want to, don’t.
8. Roomdeaf AI is an expansion of the device’s capabilities, and our vision for Temple. It is not a pivot.
9. Social media is not the regulator for Temple. Wherever we need regulatory clearances, we will have them before we make any claim needing them.
10. I will post a detailed note on how we calculate Brain Flow, its uses, and most importantly, its limitations in a bit (tomorrow).
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Also, just for the record.
In my entire history of building Zomato, Eternal, and now Temple – we have never asked anyone to post anything online, for money or otherwise.
I type all my posts myself. Everything you see is pure "building in public".
A lot of founder friends have asked me so many times to engage with some agency or the other to manage the narrative and infuse supporting posts. I always refuse.
Exception: we sometimes ask our internal teams to repost our posts if and when they want. Compliance is up to them, nobody is tracked and vilified for not doing it.
Yours to believe it or not. But that's the way I prefer building in public.
Again, Happy Diwali! 🪔
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He is not an investor in Temple. Haven't met him for years. Check the source of your "truth", and then see if it is a valid source.
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Heading to Bastar to celebrate Diwali with our brave security forces.
This is an area where Naxalism once held sway and now, development is flourishing.
I am going to salute our brave security personnel for their sacrifices, selfless service and unwavering devotion to the nation.
दीपावली के पावन अवसर पर बस्तर जा रहा हूं।
कल तक जहां नक्सलियों का कहर था वहां आज विकास की बहार है।
वीर जवानों, उनके बलिदान, त्याग और तपस्या को नमन करने जा रहा हूं।
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The next 15 days. A simple day-by-day prediction. Bookmark this.
Trump just lost the House and the Senate. His own vice president said it plainly: “We lost because of this war.”
Netanyahu also lost his majority in Israel. His side still doesn’t have enough seats to control the government.
Both leaders have been weakened by this war. They have less to lose now and fewer reasons to hold back.
Next 48 hours:
The U.S. military already has a 3-day strike plan ready. Three aircraft carriers are in the area.
Trump said, “We are ready to go.” I don’t believe the claim that there are “no plans for immediate action.”
Days 3–4
First strikes hit Iran’s missile bases, drone factories, IRGC command centers, and energy sites.
Iran hits back at U.S. bases, Saudi oil facilities, and UAE refineries.
Oil jumps overnight from about $102 to $150 a barrel.
Days 5–7
They go after “Pickaxe Mountain,” the deep underground site near Natanz. Trump has already named this place.
Regular bombs probably can’t destroy it, which is why people are talking about using a nuclear weapon.
Iranian TV has started telling its 90 million people what to do if they see a bright flash.
Days 8–10
Iran still has 440 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60%. That’s enough material for roughly 10 nuclear bombs.
Some Iranian lawmakers want to push enrichment up to 90%.
Iran shuts down the Strait of Hormuz. The Houthis block the Red Sea. Two major oil routes are cut off at the same time.
Oil hits $200 a barrel.
Days 11–13
Gas prices in the U.S. go over $8 a gallon. Airlines cut flights. Trucks stop moving.
Japan, South Korea, and India start running out of fuel.
The stock market goes from a correction to a full crash.
Days 14–15
The new Congress tries to cut off war funding (even though they don’t officially take power until January).
Netanyahu stays in office as a “wartime prime minister.” Leaders don’t usually get replaced in the middle of a war.
There are only two outcomes for that uranium: it gets destroyed, or it gets turned into bombs. There is no third option.
They lost the elections. Now they have to win this war before January.
This is my read of the situation. Every step above is based on plans, targets, or statements that have already been made.
Bookmark this and check back around November 25 to see how close it was.
Some sources are calling this week “the calm before negotiations.” I’ll keep posting what I see without spinning it either way. Share this with anyone who thinks the war is about to cool off.
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speeding up past 300km/h
speeding up past 400km/h
topping 500km/h
scary
congrats team BYD or should I say Yangwang?
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#alwaysbecharging
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A lot of you have pinged me to ask - why are you doing Temple? Why did you leave a ~$35b company you founded 18 years ago to chase a niche health wearable? This doesn’t sound rational.
Why did I leave Eternal? What are we building at Temple? What’s our vision statement? What do we have in store for humanity?
I am going to tell you in 4 hours from now (drafting the note as we speak). Stay tuned.
PS – holier-than-thou Indian doctors can skip this lol.
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Apologies where they are due: last night, I should not have bucketed all Indian doctors into one single box. We work with so many of them. Even my elder brother is one of them.
All my emotion last night was directed at a few influencer doctors, who are more influencers than doctors. They did not read our research in detail, and spread twisted facts to call something new a scam. They get views by piling on us. They wouldn't do that to a startup doing the same thing from some other first-time founder, because it would not get them views.
That's actually more a reflection of their petty mindset, than other doctors, our country, or our team.
Happy Diwali everyone! Have a good one. Keep building. We have a long way to go.
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Shifting the goalpost farther away every few months is how you build large companies.
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Temple is an ambitious project. The team is delusional enough to think we can build this. And we will.
Here's what we are building. Join the ride.
A lot of you have pinged me to ask - why are you doing Temple? Why did you leave a ~$35b company you founded 18 years ago to chase a niche health wearable? This doesn’t sound rational.
Why did I leave Eternal? What are we building at Temple? What’s our vision statement? What do we have in store for humanity?
I am going to tell you in 4 hours from now (drafting the note as we speak). Stay tuned.
PS – holier-than-thou Indian doctors can skip this lol.