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minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up62·4 months agoTesla. I feel there’s so much we don’t know, let alone understand, about his ideas. Have we overly sane/crazy washed him?
minus-squarebigfondue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·4 months agoTrue, but probably more interesting than Newton, who would just keep talking about god the whole time.
minus-squarecynar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·4 months agoApparently he didn’t trust patents etc. He would come up with fanciful ideas, that sounded vaguely plausible, as cover for what he was actually working on. At this point picking apart the Good, the bad and the cover is an …interesting exercise.
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·4 months agoLook what Edison did. I don’t blame him for not trusting how the business world works.
minus-squarecynar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agoFully agree with that. Tesla got thoroughly screwed over.
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-24 months agoboth, i think. also, wasnt he a big showman who made up a lot of bullshit? i feel like his actual working inventions are all well understood
minus-squareClathrateG [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-24 months agocoo coo 🕊️
Tesla. I feel there’s so much we don’t know, let alone understand, about his ideas. Have we overly sane/crazy washed him?
He was probably a bit crazy.
True, but probably more interesting than Newton, who would just keep talking about god the whole time.
and apples
Apparently he didn’t trust patents etc. He would come up with fanciful ideas, that sounded vaguely plausible, as cover for what he was actually working on.
At this point picking apart the Good, the bad and the cover is an …interesting exercise.
Look what Edison did. I don’t blame him for not trusting how the business world works.
Fully agree with that. Tesla got thoroughly screwed over.
both, i think. also, wasnt he a big showman who made up a lot of bullshit? i feel like his actual working inventions are all well understood
coo coo 🕊️