Tesla, neutrinos, speed of light, 1932

[Ichingcarpenter]

Cross posted in DU Science first
posted here for those that don't go to the Science forum.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Well in some things nocolai tesla was a visionary in ways

We are just starting to understand.

[FogerRox]

3. Genius and ....

Built a ray gun mounted it in the back of a pick up truck, then drove around the US desert shooting at ships in the sky.

Strange freaking dude.

[LuvNewcastle]

2. It always makes me sad when I think of

Mr. Tesla. One can only wonder how different life would be today if that poor man hadn't been robbed and tossed in the gutter.

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. His Free Electrical Energy for the masses didn't play well

Who would it profit?

[SpiralHawk]

16. "Smirk" - RipOffsters & GutterTossers, Inc. (R)

eom

[NYC_SKP]

5. Fuck Edison.

Tesla was the bomb diggity.

And, yes, the speed limit assumption was never more than an educated proposition.

Of course things can travel faster than light.

[Ichingcarpenter]

6. Well his quote is causing quite a bit of internet discussion

I known that neutrons aren't neutrinos, but historically many think that Tesla was talking about neutrinos and not neutrons and perhaps he might have been, I'm not sure. Neutrons and neutrinos were only discussed scientifically for the first time in the late 20s and 30s.

[Ichingcarpenter]

9. The Quote came from a 1932 science interview in The Eagle

After reading the source and the rest of the article, I do think now he was talking about neutrinos.

http://www.tfcbooks.com/tesla/1932-07-10.htm

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. Another article from 1931 on light speed and Tesla

This one is from November 1931 from the magazine Science and Mechanics. The link has the original print and article like we use to get in microfiche
The article is from the editor.

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/12/10/faster-than-light/

[Warren DeMontague]

7. Edison was a bit of a thug.

He's half the reason the film industry moved to L.A... to get away from his goon squads.

[NYC_SKP]

8. He was a liar and a thief. Cheated Tesla out of $50,000.

Tesla was promised 50,000 dollars for work to improve Edison's inefficient dynamo. Tesla did improve the dynamos after nearly a year's worth of work, but Edison did not pay him the promised money. Edison went as far as trying to say he was joking, saying “Tesla, you don't understand our American humor”. For more on this see, "Tesla: Man Out of Time" By Margaret Cheney (Simon and Schuster, 2001. ISBN 0-7432-1536-2), pages 56-57.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents#cite_note-7

:patriot:

[Towlie]

17. "If relativity didn't exist, your GPS wouldn't work" is true! Just Google "relativity GPS." and see.

Read up on it: http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=relativity+GPS&oq=relativity+GPS

[NYC_SKP]

18. One of my favorite things to do is to get scientists to admit they don't know something.

Most of them are good-humored about it and quick to admit it.

:hi:

[newfie11]

10. What a different world we might have today if not for greed

From: http://www.teslasociety.com/biography.htm

"Tesla's concept of wireless electricity was used to power ocean liners, destroy warships, run industry and transportation and send communications instantaneously all over the globe. To stimulate the public's imagination, Tesla suggested that this wireless power could even be used for interplanetary communication. If Tesla were confident to reach Mars, how much less difficult to reach Paris. Many newspapers and periodicals interviewed Tesla and described his new system for supplying wireless power to run all of the earth's industry.

Because of a dispute between Morgan and Tesla as to the final use of the tower. Morgan withdrew his funds. The financier's classic comment was, "If anyone can draw on the power, where do we put the meter"

[UndertheOcean]

12. I am sorry , Tesla might have been smarter than Edison , but in some aspects he was a quack

Does not hold a candle to Einstein and his deep physical intuition. I say that as someone who admires Tesla.

[dbt]

13. K & R For The Man Who Never Had To Write It Down!

Tesla saw everything he did fully formed beforehand. It all just showed up in his head. No need for notes or test runs.

:bounce:

[Laughing Mirror]

15. A person who had learned how to use his brain

That's why he was able to come up with all those things.

[RegieRocker]

14. Neutrinos or neutrons have no electrical charge

http://wwwphy.princeton.edu/borexino/nu.html

[AngkorWot]

19. I notice you didn't cross posted the debunking.

Now why would that be?