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There are lots of components of "non-war stuff" that originated from military R&D, and probably would appear much later if it wasn't for the Defense Budget.
by throwaway599281 4y ago
There are lots of components of "non-war stuff" that originated from military R&D, and probably would appear much later if it wasn't for the Defense Budget.
- oblio 4y agoAnd how many "war things" originated from non-military R&D? After all every country's GDP is much higher than its military spending and for sure non-military research dwarfs military research. This whole hypothesis seems unsound. It would mean that all civilian research is somehow much, much worse per dollar than military research. I highly doubt that.
- hef19898 4y agoI never said that, did I? You said R&D cannot increase during war, history showed otherwise. Now it's about war R&D outranking peace time R&D, which was never the question.
- oblio 4y agoYou seem to be lost. Here, let me refresh your memory with the original trope: > And war has historically been the impetus for much technological investment. Yes, war also brings innovation. The only question worth answering as a follow up, is, does it bring more than peace? Because otherwise it makes no sense glorifying war, which this line of thinking is fundamentally about.