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Originally Posted by aceventura3
Using the logic here, we should give Adam and Eve (or the amoeba responsible for the evolution of man) the credit for all innovation.
I don't have the ability to say what might have been, the assumption that if not for government Cisco would not exist, is just that - an assumption, not a fact.
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This game you want to play goes no where. O.k., what about electricity and the research that lead to our ability to harness it. That was not government, that was before any innovation in computer technology.
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That is a fallacy. The examples they gave were not of some obscure or far removed innovation.
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Originally Posted by aceventura3
Your view is a myth. Even when government gives funds for research it is often just a fraction of the actual cost of the research. I don't even know how to discuss this with you guys. Just look at any industry, any product, scientific knowledge and trace it to it source and its source of funding. Almost never, government.
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You do know we are not talking about opinions, here, right? That the amount spent yearly on R&D has been actually accounted for for decades, right?
I am talking about yearly data and you are talking about myths?
And I find it funny that all discording opinions are myths when you've yet to provide either data or concrete examples.