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		istvan__ on July 14, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New Horizons: Nasa spacecraft speeds past Pluto Would you mind explaining to me what sort of competition was the Chinese empire facing when they invented the compass? Just want to point out the fallacy in your logic.

oldmanjay on July 14, 2015 [–]

Your rebuttal would be valid if the OP had said "all innovation is bred by competition."

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