TIL Nikola Tesla kritisierte Albert Einsteins Relativitätstheorie vehement und nannte sie ein „großartiges mathematisches Gewand“, das Fehler verstecke, einen „in Purpur gekleideten Bettler“, der für einen König gehalten werde, und grundsätzlich falsch, weil sie die Existenz des Äthers leugnete
Von Oreeo88
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SS: While Tesla did not use the exact words “shill” or „liar“, his public statements and a poem he wrote clearly framed Einstein’s work as erroneous and deceptive
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Didnt he have to deny the ether shit because it showed earth wasnt moving or spinning etc?
And now Tesla’s name will be forever associated with a failed car company run by narcissistic ketamine addict.
And when Einstein was asked what it’s like to be a genius he said “ask Tesla”
And yet Tesla died penniless and had all his papers confiscated by Bush senior afterwards
Yeah I think Einstein was controlled opposition, hired to do what he did by the evil Elite mfrs at the time.
Tesla wasn’t known for his mathematical skills. The relativistic equations would have looked like magic to him.
What’s the ether?
Tesla was also completely wrong
“Beggar clothed in purple” is a solid old timey burn.
And where exactly is the actual evidence of this?
It’s hard to find anything real on Tesla. Besides. Wasn’t he already dead by this point?
People go so hard on the idea that Tesla was the single most important thinker, greatest inventor and was simply bullied and had everything stolen from him.
I don’t see why people can’t at least use a simple rule of thumb and say that all of these intelligent people were still human. They’re imperfect, they probably knew less (but knew how to leverage the knowledge they had) than most of us today. Yes, they’re impressive, but it’s probably not entirely a conspiracy as to why we don’t have „wireless electricity.“
Tesla= Boss
He was able to see spirits starting as a child, and documented this in his research throughout adulthood.
and yet. tesla is laughed at for magic thinking with electricity over distance and being little more than a clever celebroty, and einsteins general relativity is one of the most robustly supported theories in physics with bonding energy as mass deficit unlocking many other fields for mathematical and empirical exploration
its easy to dismantle Einstein, but mainstream defends the lie, as usual.
Tesla great IQ but lacks EQ to keep him alive
Tesla also fell in love with a pigeon though. Tesla was a genius, but he also had progressively worse mental health issues – though I don’t want to give him a post-mortem diagnosis. Also, „the ether“ needs to be _proved using scientific methods_ before you can use it in natural science. If it is proven, that (might) disprove the general theory – but until it does it’s useless as mathematical formulas
Fun fact: Einstein was also a socialist, and wrote the brilliant article [„Why Socialism“](https://monthlyreview.org/articles/why-socialism/), and I recommend everyone read it
What’s “the ether” ?
Well, everything is pointing at Einstein being right. Tesla was like 50 when special relativity came out so I wouldn’t be suprised if he didn’t really understand it, back then not many people in the world did.