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[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks 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 24 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Thomas Edison ❌ Nikola Tesla ✅

[–] RogueJello@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Elon Musk is the Edison of the current age.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks 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