The wisdom of Tesla

[misha_b]

I needed no models, drawings or experiments. I

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[ny_quant]

Invariably my device works as I conceived that it should, and the experiment comes out exactly as I planned it.

Сам себя не похвалишь ...

[misha_b]

Well, he was arguably the greatest inventor in modern history. What do we know? :)

[ny_quant]

We know that a lot of his ideas didn't work out. One can be a genius and full of shit at the same time.

[misha_b]

Sure, one can be. But I only know one thing which did not work from Tesla -- long-range wireless energy transmission. Anything else?

[ny_quant]

I looked up in wiki: Bladeless turbine.

[misha_b]

This one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_turbine ?

Very interesting. I would not call it a failure though -- the turbine worked as expected. They just failed to commercialize it.

The pump has been used commercially since 1982, so the technology was definitely useful although not in Tesla's time.