Tesla

Started by DigitalBuddha, September 03, 2014, 07:54:51 PM

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DigitalBuddha

OK, it might be "UFO TV," (you know, the Tin Foil Hat crowd), but regardless, this is a great documentary on Tesla ...

This program reveals the discoveries of a forgotten genius, many of which went virtually unnoticed for nearly a century. Nikola Tesla is considered the father of our modern technological age and one of the most mysterious and controversial scientists in history. How did this obscure visionary from what is now

Do you have a job, Sir! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoY_7mbm5ng

BikerDude

Yeah I watched it.
A worthy endeavour for sure.


Out here we are all his children


jgiffin

Less serious but still educationalmatic and entertaining:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ1Mz7kGVf0

Tesla starts with verse two.

DigitalBuddha

Einstein was once asked "How does it feel to be the smartest person in the world," he answered "I don't know, you'll have to ask Tesla."

jgiffin

Ha, I like it!

Many quotes like this are apocryphal but it reminds me of Bohr's response to the question, "How does it feel to be one of four people on Earth who understand quantum physics?" He stood silent for twenty, thirty, seconds and then said, "I know Heisenberg but am having trouble figuring out who the other two are."


gremlin

Quote from: DigitalBuddha on September 04, 2014, 09:57:26 PM
Einstein was once asked "How does it feel to be the smartest person in the world," he answered "I don't know, you'll have to ask Tesla."

That was NOT an endorsement.  That was commentary about the EGO illustrated with the biggest egotistic loser of that time and place.
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