(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.
Edison was a brilliant man, but Tesla was one of those rare super-geniuses that was just so far ahead of his time.
(July 22, 2015 at 10:59 am)Tiberius Wrote: He was worse than that. He electrocuted an elephant to "prove" that AC was dangerous. He electrocuted numerous other animals in demonstrations as well.
That's pretty bad, but my point was that he electrocuted a human being in an attempt to demonstrate how bad it was. Condemned killer or not, that's pretty brutal. I mean, he had to have some inkling of how bad that was going to be to be on the receiving end.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
