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The profit motive and free markets create innovation and change, not Government.
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Ya the nuclear bomb could never have been invented by a government project. You are totally correct.
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To call someone ignorant in an argument does not prove the argument.
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I have no intention of proving what would of happened if none of the government research programs occurred. Getting into an argument like that would be futile. I simply showed that your understanding of computer history is on the level of gross ignorance. And if you don't understand history how could you possibly predict the future?
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Government did not invent the computer.
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Does the government invent anything? Charles Babbage, a Cambridge professor, is often accredited for inventing the programmable computer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage
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Their demand for more computing power sparked innovation but without the profit motive that innovation would have died.
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Ya, nothing compares to profit industry. That's why you linked to Britannica instead of wikipedia. :-p
The world is not black and white, good or evil. Different talents for different folks. Altruistic research and profit motivated research both have their place. Until you learn that basic concept you will be blind.