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[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

All these 'geniuses' of the current age really make you wonder how many of the supposedly super intelligent innovators we learned about in school were just frauds taking credit for other people's achievements.

[–] IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Thomas Edison ❌ Nikola Tesla ✅

[–] RogueJello@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Elon Musk is the Edison of the current age.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago

Not true. Edison was quite the inventor in his younger days. Elon is just a leech.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

He's the same shameless marketeer, but Edison, while a "brute-force" guy rather than actually being insightful or visionary, actually did more than just steal the ideas of others

He definitely stole plenty of the shit he's credited with, but not everything like Elmo has

[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

That's deragoratory to Edison, who's a piece of shit.