(July 22, 2015 at 10:59 am)Tiberius Wrote: My car has a "Tesla > Edison" bumper sticker so that should tell you where I stand.
(July 22, 2015 at 9:33 am)Faith No More Wrote: I haven't read the book, but my favorite part of the story that I've heard is that Edison tried to prove how dangerous AC was by using it in the electric chair. Talk about negative marketing.He was worse than that. He electrocuted an elephant to "prove" that AC was dangerous. He electrocuted numerous other animals in demonstrations as well.
I remember readng about those things he did from before. Awful! Now although Thomas Edison was still an extraordinary inventor and genius, learning about these things about him also obviously puts a terrible blemish to his good name. I always felt bad for Tesla, he didn't deserve what became of him in the end. And even Albert Einstein declared Tesla the most intelligent man in all the world (over himself).
