“Lets turn the Ionosphere and the Mantel into the halves of a capacitor! Free energy!” is Bond villain territory. :'D
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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 months agoAgreed on Tesla’s legend. Telsa was terrified of fat women and talked to pigeons. He also didn’t even understand the concept of transistors, let alone microchips. And yet we’re supposed to believe he invented all these amazing things that approach magic in their abilities and utility?
turmacar@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Jarix@lemmy.world 5 months ago
What are you on about?!
Tesla died a poor man 4 years before bell labs created the first transistor.
The microchip was invented about 15 years after he died.
Perhaps he WOULD have understood or even created these concepts if he had the funding he probably should have given his remarkable successes and contributions to the entire field of electrical engineering when he was still able to contribute. But unlikely sure. Not why you sre saying these weird things
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Why would he have understood those concepts before they were invented just because people gave him money?
Jarix@lemmy.world 5 months ago
He was not able to effectively continue to experiment and research. Because he may have worked with some of the people who worked on those projects, or at least had a connection to them, and also he may have lived a hell of a lot longer if he wasnt poor. Its not good for your health
So if he didnt get screwed over the way he did he would have lived differently.
Also a concept can exist decades before it is proven.
Dude had a brilliant mind and was a genius. Money allows you to persue the things you want in a way that being poor simply does not allow.
Is this really something you needed explained?
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 months ago
“He was a genius” does not equal “he would have invented something that hadn’t been invented yet if he had the money to do so.”
Do you even have any evidence that he was working along those lines?
Tnaeriv@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
And how was Tesla ‘screwed over’ exactly?
He WAS rich for a long time. He died poor because he lost all the money on his ‘wireless electricity’ idea that noone wanted to fund, because they knew it’s not going to work. Tesla didn’t know that. You know why? Because he sucked ass at physics. That’s also why he would have never understood the concept of a transistor.
Please stop spreading misinformation about Tesla being some misunderstood genius screwed over by greedy corporations. He was not. He screwed himself over.