Freedom of Information Release on Nikola Tesla (2011)

Post by telotortium » Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 4:02 PM UTC

freyir wrote: post #52

dmix wrote: post #42

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Very few children of billionaires become notable people themselves, outside of usually philanthropy or keeping the family business in much of it's original state (millionaires kids as well to a much lesser degree). There are some very clear human and biological reasons why. Even in the tech industry with hyper progressive parenting it's rare to hear about the kids outside of capital raising circles. Regardless I was…

> "Very few children of billionaires become notable people themselves" First, billionaires represent an extremely small minority of the human population. And second, notable people also represent a small minority of the human population. So it seems reasonable that there are few notable children of billionaires, and this alone doesn't imply that billionaire offspring are less likely to be notable than the person. It…

Post by nulagrithom » Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 4:14 PM UTC

drzaiusapelord wrote: post #59

rm999 wrote: post #45

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> Mr. Inman [author of The Oatmeal], like many comedians seems to be fundamentally unhappy and finds an outlet through humor. Oddly enough his behavior is similar to Tesla's in that he reacts in a nasty fashion if someone challenges his ideas Yikes, got a less biased source? It's 2017, it's sad the emotional feud between Tesla and Edison continues like this.

You're cherrypicking the part of the document that addresses the comic and I do agree the tone could be more professional, but it a fairly serious rebuke of some pretty terrible claims. Ironically, when Hawkings, Linus, Dawkins, Hitchens, etc use the same tone, the tech community seems to not have any problems with it. The factual aspects of this page are pretty good and I'm hard pressed to find any issue here histor…

Post by saiya-jin » Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 4:27 PM UTC

readhn wrote: post #56

mabbo wrote: post #50

It's important to keep in mind that near the end of his days, Tesla sure seemed to be experiencing some mental illness. He made wild claims that were never quite backed up by proof, claims that even now no one seems to believe were actually possible. It's a sad end to a brilliant mind. But then, when you're the FBI and WW2 is ongoing, you pay attention when a famous and brilliant inventor claims to have death rays an…

He made wild claims that were never quite backed up by proof, claims that even now no one seems to believe were actually possible ------- when Leonardo da vinci sketched out a parachute or a helicopter-looking self propelling device prototypes that took 500 years to actually build - what did contemporaries think of him? who are we to judge a great mind? we simply cant. yes he might have gone mad, but there is a very…

Post by hakimi94 » Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 4:50 PM UTC

Post by hakimi94 » Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 4:56 PM UTC

mabbo wrote: post #50

It's important to keep in mind that near the end of his days, Tesla sure seemed to be experiencing some mental illness. He made wild claims that were never quite backed up by proof, claims that even now no one seems to believe were actually possible. It's a sad end to a brilliant mind. But then, when you're the FBI and WW2 is ongoing, you pay attention when a famous and brilliant inventor claims to have death rays an…