fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-222 天前Let's hear it, little lemmings.mander.xyzimagemessage-square236linkfedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down123
arrow-up1313arrow-down1imageLet's hear it, little lemmings.mander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-222 天前message-square236linkfedilink
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up63arrow-down1·22 天前Tesla. I feel there’s so much we don’t know, let alone understand, about his ideas. Have we overly sane/crazy washed him?
minus-squaregenau@europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down2·22 天前He was probably a bit crazy.
minus-squarebigfondue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·22 天前True, but probably more interesting than Newton, who would just keep talking about god the whole time.
minus-squarecynar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·21 天前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.
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·21 天前Look what Edison did. I don’t blame him for not trusting how the business world works.
minus-squarecynar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·21 天前Fully agree with that. Tesla got thoroughly screwed over.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 天前i feel like the covers have ended up like star trek tech, made up nonsense but it gave people ideas that turned out to be good
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-222 天前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
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.
i feel like the covers have ended up like star trek tech, made up nonsense but it gave people ideas that turned out to be good
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 🕊️