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.
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Maeve@kbin.earth 3 days ago
Tesla. I feel there's so much we don't know, let alone understand, about his ideas. Have we overly sane/crazy washed him?
cynar@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Maeve@kbin.earth 3 days ago
Look what Edison did. I don't blame him for not trusting how the business world works.
cynar@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Fully agree with that. Tesla got thoroughly screwed over.
ClathrateG@hexbear.net 3 days ago
coo coo
huf@hexbear.net 3 days ago
both, i think
genau@europe.pub 3 days ago
He was probably a bit crazy.
bigfondue@lemmy.world 3 days ago
True, but probably more interesting than Newton, who would just keep talking about god the whole time.
whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
and apples