For decades, research and development or R%D has dominated innovation policies. This paper considers the statistical categories supporting this representation. It argues that the acronym 'R%D' has weakened critical thinking and policies about innovation in Western nations. The categories...

Aristotle's Three States of Knowledge -- Vannevar Bush's Fateful Omission -- Coalition Eisenhower Didn't Foresee -- Development vs Research -- Everett Roger's Innovation Definition -- Federal Laboratory Consortium -- Government Bias in Funding -- Project Hindsight vs TRACES -- Idea Factory...