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Am I the only person who doesn't buy in to the Nikola Tesla hype?
Posted on 10/6/17 at 8:02 pm
Posted on 10/6/17 at 8:02 pm
I respect the man as highly intelligent and very accomplished. I don't belittle his contributions to improving AC technology or being a pioneer with advancing electricty.
All that said, he was fricking crazy. A lot of the shite he claimed to have done (wireless power) was never proven and he had no actual evidence.
He didn't get screwed by Edison either. He worked for Edison as an engineer then took his works to Westinghouse (some would argue illegally). If anything, he stole from Edison. But, that's not the way the current storyline goes, despite no real evidence to support the Edison claims.
So, what type of person are you? One who realizes Tesla is more hype than substance, one who is "in the know" about the Tesla circle jerk, or just one who is just glad Tesla invented electricty to keep your beer cold tonight?
All that said, he was fricking crazy. A lot of the shite he claimed to have done (wireless power) was never proven and he had no actual evidence.
He didn't get screwed by Edison either. He worked for Edison as an engineer then took his works to Westinghouse (some would argue illegally). If anything, he stole from Edison. But, that's not the way the current storyline goes, despite no real evidence to support the Edison claims.
So, what type of person are you? One who realizes Tesla is more hype than substance, one who is "in the know" about the Tesla circle jerk, or just one who is just glad Tesla invented electricty to keep your beer cold tonight?
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Posted on 10/6/17 at 8:05 pm to fightin tigers
Why does this have you bothered? Just be glad air conditioning is a reality
Posted on 10/6/17 at 8:06 pm to fightin tigers
I don't know man Five Man Acoustical Jam and Psychotic Supper were good albums. 16 year old me owes him bigly for 'Love Song'.
This post was edited on 10/6/17 at 8:07 pm
Posted on 10/6/17 at 8:07 pm to fightin tigers
I don't know any of that other shite...but his mom naming him after a car is cool as hell. 
Posted on 10/6/17 at 8:10 pm to fightin tigers
I can't speak on this topic
I work for an offshoot of the original Edison Testing Labs
I work for an offshoot of the original Edison Testing Labs
Posted on 10/6/17 at 8:12 pm to fightin tigers
Well, he did invent the synchronous AC motor. That's pretty huge, but there were others close behind, so someone likely would have come up with the same thing in relatively short order had he not.
Posted on 10/6/17 at 8:17 pm to SEClint
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Why does this have you bothered? Just be glad air conditioning is a reality
I don't know if bothered is the right term here.
Posted on 10/6/17 at 8:19 pm to fightin tigers
I don't know if it is either, but I was being polite.
Posted on 10/6/17 at 8:19 pm to fightin tigers
Tesla is an all time genius up there with Isaac Newton, Leonardo Davinci, and Donald Trump.
Posted on 10/6/17 at 8:24 pm to fightin tigers
Edison teaming up with JP Morgan running smear campaigns against Tesla and AC doesn't do well for Edison's legacy Imo.
Posted on 10/6/17 at 8:30 pm to fightin tigers
quote:
He didn't get screwed by Edison either. He worked for Edison as an engineer then took his works to Westinghouse (some would argue illegally). If anything, he stole from Edison. But, that's not the way the current storyline goes, despite no real evidence to support the Edison claims.
Ok, Thomas Edison
Posted on 10/6/17 at 8:32 pm to BlackPawnMartyr
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running smear campaigns against Tesla
Didn't happen.
They did try to win the AC v DC war. Who can blame them, that's where their money was.
They were proven wrong in the long run, but I don't know where they smeared Tesla personally. They just killed some animals and people.
Posted on 10/6/17 at 8:51 pm to fightin tigers
Tesla is mostly forgotten amongst the general public and Edison won the PR battle.
With that said, put me on #TeamNikola
With that said, put me on #TeamNikola
This post was edited on 10/6/17 at 10:27 pm
Posted on 10/6/17 at 8:52 pm to lynxcat
You know it isn't Tesla v Edison right?
They both did some pretty amazing things.
They both did some pretty amazing things.
Posted on 10/6/17 at 8:58 pm to fightin tigers
Yea, but without the Tesla coils Frankenstein would’ve been a box office flop...
Posted on 10/6/17 at 8:58 pm to fightin tigers
The "Signs" cover was crap if you ask me. "Edison's Medicine" was solid, though.
Posted on 10/6/17 at 9:03 pm to fightin tigers
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A lot of the shite he claimed to have done (wireless power) was never proven
Uhhhhh he demonstrated this all of the time in front of crowds
Posted on 10/6/17 at 9:04 pm to fightin tigers
He did tell Albert Einstein that his first law of relativity was a joke and called him a fool. I’m guessing he was kinda smart....
This post was edited on 10/6/17 at 9:05 pm
Posted on 10/6/17 at 9:04 pm to fightin tigers
A lot of the "crazy" ideas he had have been proven to be correct years later.
He was so far advanced that it has taken a lot of time for the rest of society to catch up.
His single wire power transmission, coupled harmonic transmissions, and the ionosphere. To name just a few. Educate yourself before you "don't buy the hype".
He was so far advanced that it has taken a lot of time for the rest of society to catch up.
His single wire power transmission, coupled harmonic transmissions, and the ionosphere. To name just a few. Educate yourself before you "don't buy the hype".
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