Exactly. It's all about your level of education and what your mind can actually understand. We learnt the "solar system model" at GCSE but orbitals at A level
If they start teaching an accurate history of Nikola Tesla there's going to be a huge number of disappointed Tesla cheerleaders. The internet has managed to build this guy up to absurd proportions, giving him credit for things he didn't create or invent.
Here is a brief lesson in history and future of the world that can solve a lot of arguments:
There is an idea. That idea has some good.
The idea becomes a flag. People rally to the the flag. We build the flag into a symbol. The symbol needs a legend. The legend makes our flag sacred. Another flag in the distance? Now we fight. We fight about the flag. The idea is forgotten, and one flag is the same as any other, one lie as valid as any other.
There is an idea. That idea has some good.
The idea becomes a flag. People rally to the the flag. We build the flag into a symbol. The symbol needs a legend. The legend makes our flag sacred. Another flag in the distance? Now we fight. We fight about the flag. The idea is forgotten, and one flag is the same as any other, one lie as valid as any other.