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Hold on, so you're arguing that DARPA "rescuing US industry from Japanese competition" is proof that the technology absolutely required government investment to
by InclinedPlane 13y ago
Hold on, so you're arguing that DARPA "rescuing US industry from Japanese competition" is proof that the technology absolutely required government investment to advance it?
Need I really demonstrate the fault in that logic?
- pyre 13y agoI don't know if it affects this case, but I know that the Japanese government was doing a lot to prop up their companies, so it's possible that "Japanese competition" isn't entirely private sector.
- abalone 13y agoYou just shifted the goalpost ("absolutely required"). The logically fallacy is yours. I merely claimed a "massive role," which is accurate.