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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

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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Why would he have understood those concepts before they were invented just because people gave him money?

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- Jarix@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨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?
  
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  - FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨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?
    
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    Jarix@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I said understand the concept, not invent it. So no i dont have any evidence for something i never claimed. Wtf is wrong with you.
    
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  - Tnaeriv@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨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.
    
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    Jarix@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I dont believe i am spreading misinformation
    
    Marconi became rich and famous, the “inventor of the radio.” It didn’t matter that he had been using Tesla’s technology. After Tesla’s death, the Supreme Court would even rule that Tesla had a better claim to the patents — but it was too late.
    
    His loss in the race for the radio would send Nikola Tesla on a long downward spiral from which he would never recover. Combined with his other failures and his struggles with what we would probably identify today as obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tesla descended into a tailspin at the end of his life.
    
    My opinion about him getting screwed is this. You will have to show me this is misinformation if you want me to change my mind as believing this is my kyptonite if im wrong. But I havent seen anyone prove this wrong yet.
    
    You honestly have a chance to change my mind here if you are willing to help me out, but ive put what i consider a reasonable effort into forming my opinion so its now on you to show me the error of my ways and im giving you the spot I think is easiest.
    
    Ball is in your court friend
    
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