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ringo

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Message 15 of 45 (296281)
03-17-2006 2:14 PM

Reply to: Message 14 by randman
03-17-2006 2:02 PM

Tesla

Tesla was first-and-foremost a hands-on experimentalist. If he couldn't build it in his workshop, he didn't have much use for it.

Now, he did make some speculations that didn't pan out... but likely he would have laughed at your woo-woo notions too.

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Message 19 of 45 (296299)
03-17-2006 2:28 PM

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03-17-2006 2:20 PM

Re: Tesla

randman writes:

You are describing Edison really in the way he worked, which Tesla scoffed at since he said he could be more effective applying theory rather than just experimenting.

Wrong. Tesla scoffed at Edison's "1% inspiration and 99% perspiration" - i.e. he said that Edison could have saved himself a lot of work if he applied existing theories.

Tesla put his theoretical knowledge to practical use - e.g. the AC motor. He did not grasp at every straw like you do.

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Message 21 of 45 (296305)
03-17-2006 2:42 PM

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03-17-2006 2:34 PM

Re: Tesla

The problem was that Tesla was a really lousy self-promoter. His more out-there ideas weren't so much "rejected" as invisible. It was only the ones that were commercially viable - e.g. the AC motor - that were known and accepted.

So, are you saying that we should swallow every nutty idea hook,line and sinker like you do, just because one or two of them might turn out to be a "Tesla"?

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