Memes aside... Why wasn't I taught about Tesla in school? We all learned about Edison etc.. But Tesla was never mentioned.. Not once.
What gives?
>>60265596
Maybe they didn't want to encourage you to build a death ray.
Actually I'm kind of glad they didn't mention Tesla, so I was free to discover him on my own. He's 1000% more badass that way.
>>60265790
Don't you think that it's a bit ridiculous? Maybe learning about Tesla when I was 8 would've inspired me in a way? Iunno just find it pretty ridiculous.
>>60265858
Did learning about Edison at 8 inspire you?
>>60265963
No but Tesla was way more awesome than Edison.
>>60265596
Because Tesla is a meme for teenagers so that they can feel smart
Oh, you never heard of Nikolai Teslasen? He is a famous oilengineer from Norway.
>>60265596
the shittiest science teaches about scientists. its like the level of science you find in pop fedora boards. real science really just teaches concepts and ideas strictly, scientists usually come up if a teacher or professor has some weird hard-on.
Weird personality cults are only really there for kids and people who like pop-sci, there are many scientists and engineers who don't get the tesla treatment.
>>60266997 this
He's just a meme scientist or let's say a meme engineer because his later work proofs that he had no idea of the scientific method. Just building larger Tesla coils until your "concept" may work is not scientific I'd say.
The oatmeal comic about him is probably a bigger advancement in memeology than Tesla work for physics
you learnt about edison in school? what class?
just read a book about here and there are a lot
you shouldn't expect a school to hold your hand all your life, and he was mentioned
>>60268040
here = him *
they don't teach about him because he invented many things that are used now by US army and no one know about it. Changing weather and much more things.
>>60265596
I dunno. Michael Faraday is more important than both.
>>60271227
>>60265596
>american education
idk, we learnt most of the inventors from industrial revolution and all that
>>60271227
Red Alert is not real life.
>>60271395
OP is Canadian, though.
>>60271451
same shit different leaf
>>60271451
canada is in america though
>american education
>>60271395
they taught you about the italian philosopher nicoloso di tesli in grade school?
>>60265790
>>60271574
>canada is in america
CHI
>>60265790
Tesla wasn't a badass. He was an extremely intelligent neurotic autistic with big dreams but no desire to pursue them.
>>60271736
He got to hang out with Mark Twain, that makes him cool in my book.
