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eivind2610 t1_j4bxhfo wrote

Reply to comment by Lost_vob in [Image] "I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work." ~ Thomas A. Edison by Butterflies_Books

The more accurate claim would be that he paid 'youngsters' a quarter for "live cats and dogs", and didn't ask any questions in regards to where they came from. He may very well have intended for them to catch strays, but the youngsters probably only went "oooh, a quarter", and sold him any animals they could get their hands on. This is backed by several sources, including the "secretary of of historical research" at the Thomas A. Edison laboratory in West Orange, who had direct access to the research papers, and wrote a book that covered it. According to what I've been reading for the past while, I get the impression that this is stuff Edison and his team did, themselves - not this campaign I mentioned previously. So he might've been more involved than I thought!

As for the elephant: Yes, it's true that Edison hadn't been personally involved in this for a while when it happened. Which I have agreed with several times. Hence why I stated that he was only indirectly involved; having a film crew from his company dedicate the film of an animals execution to him personally is absolutely indirect involvement, whether or not he was in charge of the company at the time.

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std5050 t1_j4bw5p9 wrote

Reply to [Image] by sparkblue

These tend to go hand in hand, stupid bullshit like this reminds me why I hate Reddit

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Prize_Huckleberry_79 t1_j4bun00 wrote

Reply to [Image] "I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work." ~ Thomas A. Edison by Butterflies_Books

People in this thread: *gets high, watches 3 or 4 “10 things Edison stole” vids and “Tesla invented a death beam teleportation wormhole device” vids…

people in this thread: “Fuck Edison!”

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Prize_Huckleberry_79 t1_j4bu1pr wrote

Reply to comment by Lost_vob in [Image] "I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work." ~ Thomas A. Edison by Butterflies_Books

The only sane and accurate comment in this entire thread. Most of these yo-yos here get their history from “10 inventions Edison stole from Tesla” bro-science bullshit videos.

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Prize_Huckleberry_79 t1_j4btk23 wrote

Reply to [Image] "I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work." ~ Thomas A. Edison by Butterflies_Books

I fucking love Edison. I don’t care what anyone says. He invented modern inventing. People who think he “stole”: He created a assassin’s team to work out solutions to problems, and churned out amazing things, including the fuckin lightbulb. That’s not stealing, that’s literally how all ideas are developed in the modern era. I highly suggest that Edison haters do a little more research than watching bro-science youtube vids.

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what_that_thaaang_do t1_j4bt50o wrote

Reply to comment by buwefy in [Image] by sparkblue

That is an outcome, not a choice. Just because you picked one doesn't mean you are not guaranteed to get the other--only that you are guaranteed to get what you picked

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what_that_thaaang_do t1_j4bspae wrote

Reply to comment by ReinventedOne in [Image] by sparkblue

But that's not this. This is "between these two choices, it's one or the other," aka they are mutually exclusive (although this is not necessarily true, just the point being made in the post)

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