Who was a greater inventor when it came to inventions, morality, and life story? Most of you don't care but for the few geeks out there (like me!), respond with your favorite inventor out of the two (I know their are other amazing inventors but these two come up all the time in geek debates). You can say how they are better in one aspect or all the aspects if you want. I have my own favorite that I will share later. So get out your light bulbs and death rays and give support to either Edison or Tesla!
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Nikola Tesla Or Thomas Edison
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DipliPsychi
your server farmboy
Nikola Tesla may have not invented electricity but he improved it by making pulses which conserved more energy.
The poll has a mistake in it.
Thomas Edison did not Invent the lightbulb, he only improved upon the 50 year old idea, and the actual creater was either by Tesla or Humphrey Davey.
Thomas Edison did not Invent the lightbulb, he only improved upon the 50 year old idea, and the actual creater was either by Tesla or Humphrey Davey.
You are correct in the fact that Edison did not create the light bulb (although, Tesla didn't either). I put that in the polling for those who don't know a lot about these inventors (and also to see who my main audience is). Sorry if I confused you but I hoped that the parenthesis would denote that I know Edison only improved the light bulb.
Do you have a preference in either inventor or did just want to clarify that particular fact?
Waminer
Master Defaulter
Nikola tesla talked to birds, said he had contact with aliens, made a much harped on electricity distribution system that while intended to be free did not work, and feigned knowledge of how to make a death ray. He also sued a Italian farm boy for "stealing" his invention of the radio despite Marconi patenting it first, Tesla doing the same thing many had done before him, lecturing on the subject, making a company first, sending a trans-atlantic signal only a year after Tesla patented some radio related technologies. D*ick move Tesla, d*ck move. Meanwhile Thomas Edison made a business empire that still stands today, greatly improved on the concept of the light bulb was a stunning businessman whom invested in many technological innovations, and was basically everything we want in a current day millionaire but we still hate him because of the Oatmeal.
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Waminer, I have to disagree. Most of the things you list Tesla as doing were done in his later years, when he went slightly insane. The death ray was odd, but everyone has a fault. Edison on the other hand had promoted a form of electricity that was faulty, killing many people due to stray electrical currents. He also killed elephants with Tesla's alternating current, claiming it was terribly dangerous, though direct current would have the same effect.
I don't care for businessmen in general, perhaps I'm biased. I prefer small businesses, not huge corporations. However, I do like to provide evidence for my points in style, so I'll leave you with Mike Daisey's explanation--he proves the point better than I. http://www.studio360.org/people/mike-daisey/
Finally, I want to say that I don't care about Tesla vs. Edison, they both contributed. But I don't like to see people besmudging a good name. No matter how many pigeons you fall in love with,being a pioneer in the modern form of electricity is nice work. Also, Mark Twain agrees with me.
I don't care for businessmen in general, perhaps I'm biased. I prefer small businesses, not huge corporations. However, I do like to provide evidence for my points in style, so I'll leave you with Mike Daisey's explanation--he proves the point better than I. http://www.studio360.org/people/mike-daisey/
Finally, I want to say that I don't care about Tesla vs. Edison, they both contributed. But I don't like to see people besmudging a good name. No matter how many pigeons you fall in love with,being a pioneer in the modern form of electricity is nice work. Also, Mark Twain agrees with me.
First of all, Marconi did steal Tesla's ideas and even his patents, gave them a few tweaks, and claimed he made a breakthrough (Tesla was remote controlling boats 3 years before Marconi sent a signal over the antlantic). Also, I don't know why you think "farm boy" is important, as Nikola himself was a farm boy who had many of his own inventions stolen. Also, Edison was businessman, and so he fought unfairly as one. He cared more about his success than what he was giving to the world (although I do applaud you for pointing out those who like Tesla only because of the Oatmeal). As for aliens and talking to birds, if you had the hard life that Tesla had, you too would be entitled to go a little crazy (also, he had some mental problems after he saw his brother's neck snap at a young age). As for the death ray, it was never proven false or true (along with free energy) so you can't say that he claimed something false if he actually knew he could do it (he once almost collapsed an entire city block with one of his inventions). So yeah, Nikola Tesla is still pretty freaking awesome (and the craziness just makes him more impressive and awesome).
Most of what I remember of the two comes from that Drunk History series... And the Prestige, that was good. Both were a bit Tesla-centric though :X
Crugnor
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Nikola Tesla:
Created a death ray that could have handed world domination to whoever wielded it, realizing this, he destroyed it.
Forgave everyone's ignorance when he died.
Tried to give the world energy for free.
Thomas Edison:
Created a pretty, expensive replacement for a candle.
Created a death ray that could have handed world domination to whoever wielded it, realizing this, he destroyed it.
Forgave everyone's ignorance when he died.
Tried to give the world energy for free.
Thomas Edison:
Created a pretty, expensive replacement for a candle.
Waminer
Master Defaulter
All of that is simply untrue. The US government started a program to go through all of his notes and question his friends and assistants about his work in a process that took years. Nothing about a death ray was every found, he was mentally insane at the time, and he certainly did not build one as even if he had the technical knowledge he could not have had enough money. For further proof, he attempted to sell the idea during the cold war and world war two, to the US military, Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and United Kingdom. If it worked, they would have used it.
Ah free energy wouldn't that be great? And logical, as we all know doing something that requires tons of effort, infrastructure, and people is given out for free all the time. Especially if their is a large group of people that want it badly.
Wowowowowowow, if you want to go back to candles, by all means do so, when your house burns down, you have to use 3-4 candles in a one light room to get the same light level by all means do so. Secondly THomas Edison only made a previous idea feasible and useful.
EDIT: Realised that disagree pop up in the negative rating section. Un-disagreed.
A year before Tesla first drove around his toys, Marconi sent a signal 2.4 kilometers. Sure, Tesla lectured about the concept earlier but A.) Lecturing on faster than light travel is often done, however is worth nothing compared to inventing it. and B.) Lots of people were lecturing about the concept since literally, before Tesla was born. And while Tesla's life may have been a bit traumatizing at points, most people's was. I mention farm boy instead of son of university professor to point out how he was not, and most likely could not, follow a inventor across the Ocean who spoke in a country that spoke English.
Lecturing wasn't everything. Marconi specifically used Tesla's inventions together, and then preceded to claim them as his own. All though I do admit that Marconi made some breakthroughs, he never did give due credit to how he used Tesla's creations. Tesla was not born into prosperity, he spent much of young adult life as an understudy, and he even lived homeless (digging pits for food). And so for a kid like Marconi to just waltz into Tesla's world and claim Nikola's inventions as his own, is just criminal. Marconi was smart, but he was not nearly as smart as Tesla. As for Tesla's tragic life, I encourage you to read a biography on him (I know we all go through tough stuff but Tesla truly had it hard).
Well I don't even see how we can have a debate of any sort. Edison is credited for a lot of things he didn't do, and Tesla is not credited for a lot of things he did.
Simcity_4
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Thomas did a lot of bad stuff to Tesla, spreading fake rumors and all that jazz.
