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Re:Most high tech companies are founded by founded by First/... by omonra on Saturday February 21, 2015 @12:11PM (#9086079)
I'm an immigrant - but this is nonsense.

Out of the top 10, only Google (1 out 2 confounders) and Qualcom (1 of 7 cofounders) I'd count as companies that were built by real immigrants.

Incidentally both are Jews whose families left persecution in Europe (Italy and USSR).

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Re:Most high tech companies are founded by founded by First/... by gwern on Saturday February 21, 2015 @02:12PM (#9086488)
So this chart strongly suggests that we should seal the borders and chose only from the Chosen as the optimal immigration policy?
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Re:Most high tech companies are founded by founded by First/... by omonra on Saturday February 21, 2015 @04:00PM (#9086920)
That's a logical fallacy.

Failure to demonstrate X does not necessarily imply that -X is true :)

I just hate BS - and this chart is mostly BS (ie Jobs is as much of a 2nd generation immigrant as Obama :)

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