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Re:Anti-Tesla sentiment and the death of optimism by jsweojtj on Friday June 13, 2014 @07:52AM (#7888296)
Adventured was saying that the US is a counterexample to the proposed statement that meant non-restrictive or non existent patent systems will be bastions of innovation.

In no way was Adventured arguing that because of the patent system, the US became a bastion of innovation.

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Re:Anti-Tesla sentiment and the death of optimism by couchand on Friday June 13, 2014 @08:25AM (#7888420)
The problem with that reply is that it's denying the antecedent. The original point was regarding a hypothetical country that jettisons its patent architecture, or never evolved a restrictive one to begin with. Using the US as a counterexample is arguing a different question.

As the original comment pointed out, the US has been successful, but it could be for many confounding reasons.

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