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Re:Studies suggest that many inventors do their best work at... by Radle on Sunday November 19, 2017 @06:44AM (#15733480)
Or to private people who have money.

Guess what most twenty year old don't have?

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Re:Studies suggest that many inventors do their best work at... by DonaldFisk on Sunday November 19, 2017 @08:40AM (#15733830)
I'd be very surprised if more than an handful of cases fall into that category. Do you have any data showing that is significant?
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Re:Studies suggest that many inventors do their best work at... by sndean on Sunday November 19, 2017 @09:19AM (#15733976)
Vox had an article on something related to this [0], but you'd have to take an extra step to say this means these the inventors, at 20-years-old, were or weren't obtaining patents because of parent income.

[0] https://www.vox.com/2015/3/16/8225165/patents-innovation-soc...

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