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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.
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Greed is good. Until you learn that point you will continue to work for the man. My guess is you work for a wage and vote Democrat.
When Government directs resources it is ineffecient no matter what good comes of it. Government does not allocate resorces effeciently or to the highest and best use. Government takes money by force and uses it a way that it would not be used in a competitive market.
I don't think you are blind or ignorant, your life experiences are simply differant than mine. When you call someone blind and ignorant and then say their is no black and white etc., I hope you realize you contradict yourself. Do you see why?