Find me a scientist who never made a similar mistake... and I’ll find you a poor scientist.
I didn't say Tesla was a bad scientist. I don't think he was Einstein. I think that - as a scientist - he was somewhere between Edison and Steinmetz. As a showman, he was somewhere between Donald Trump and Uri Geller.
The thing is, history doesn't venerate Edison and Steinmetz for their showmanship.
And history won't remember Trump and Geller at all.