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		kbutler on Nov 7, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Obama Wins The Election. Here’s His Technology Age... Your "proof" logic is backwards. PG's point was not that failing means you're doing it right, but rather that never failing means you're not pushing hard enough.

thetabyte on Nov 7, 2012 [–]

I understand that. But not everything the government funds fails. I am instead disproving the case presented to me—the failure of Solyndra is not evidence of a failing government effort.

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