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1970 is about the end of the Apollo programme, and I presume the end of the massive government spending on science and engineering that went with it. You're ri
by kjjw 12y ago
1970 is about the end of the Apollo programme, and I presume the end of the massive government spending on science and engineering that went with it.
You're right, a libertarian view of this is way off the mark.
- javert 12y agoCorrelation is not causation. You are cherry picking one metric and using it to flout your point of view.
- kjjw 12y agoOh I'm sorry. You're absolutely right. Hold on for just five years while I perform a study to find the correlation, then after that we can argue about the causation until we both die.
- javert 12y agoAnd now you're committing the fallacy of argument from emotional intimidation by using sarcasm. There are times when your sarcasm would acutally be a valid point and not sarcasm, but this is not one.