# The Andy Grove Fallacy [From Quora:](https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-Andy-Grove-fallacy?share=1) `The Andy Grove Fallacy is when an outsider looks at the biopharma industry and think s that the clever insight from their industry is the cure all of all of the problems of the biopharma industry and if everyone would stop being so stubborn and listen to them, all of their drug development issues would just go away.` More broadly, it’s when an outsider sees problems in an industry and thinks they can just fix it. Of course, some % of the time they can — see [[SpaceX]], potentially [[Flexport]] etc. These examples are incredibly salient, all the ### Related * [[§Specialists vs. Generalists]] [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/The+Andy+Grove+Fallacy) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/The+Andy+Grove+Fallacy)