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stronglikedan on March 21, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: McLaren invented new carbon fiber tape to build ev...

Some people think sustaining debates by splitting hairs indefinitely is productive, some don’t. Debating the point isn’t useful because there’s no objective truth to get to.

robertlagrant on March 21, 2025 [–]

You're doing the same thing, but instead of invention/innovation you're saying how productive something is. That is also a sliding scale.

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