Of course Tesla also "advocated for the principles of eugenics and forced sterilization to ensure that only humans with the most desirable traits could reproduce".
Well, he only expressed these views in his dotage. It's obviously a terrible train of thought but his hardcore science was unbelievably inspiring.
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Aside from that disturbing viewpoint, Tesla is one of my heroes. His biography is definitely worth a read. "Tesla: Man Out of Time."
As long as nobody who has actually been born dies from it, eugenics makes rational sense. Fucked up? Maybe, depending on your views on abortion or genetic splicing, but rational.
We did. Tesla won the War of the Currents. And tons of his other ideas are implemented today. Edison made some great contributions as well, so I wouldn't use "instead of." It's a good thing we listened to both of them.
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Aside from that disturbing viewpoint, Tesla is one of my heroes. His biography is definitely worth a read. "Tesla: Man Out of Time."