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Tesla v. Edison Hmm, brilliant innovator with a deep understanding of physical reality and no business sense vs. brilliant manager who understood the power of an industrial research lab with much business savvy. Well, I know who I would bet on to come home with his lunch money. Tesla was robbed. It is ever such.

NOTE ON TESLA. He had a little remarked talent that made him exceedingly effective in his field ~ he claimed he could come up with a device or system, imagine all the parts, stick them together in his mind, keep it clicking or whatever for a period of time then examine them for wear and other problems.

It's not something you can train for but it is a necessary mental skill for folks who write legislation, regulations and instructions. Not to change the subject but Tony Wiener claims he was the guy who wrote ObamaKKKare ~ the whole thing! Having done volumes of rules of even greater complexity and extent I believe him. However, he wasn't the best for the job ~ he couldn't keep all the loose ends together in his mind and evalute how they meshed over time. The result is a POS which will be crushed under the weight of reconsideration.

At any one time all of Washington DC has maybe a dozen guys with that particular skill set so it's not all that common. Most of them are treated like cr*p by the guys who "make decisions and set policy". You could wipe out the ability of the federal government to mess with people by buying up all the rule writers with a few million bucks.

Tesla v. Edison Hmm, brilliant innovator with a deep understanding of physical reality and no business sense vs. brilliant manager who understood the power of an industrial research lab with much business savvy. Well, I know who I would bet on to come home with his lunch money. Tesla was robbed.

Westinghouse gave Tesla a big pile of money. How was Tesla robbed?