johnjohn4011 t1_j9mk5oe wrote on February 23, 2023 at 1:18 AM

Guess Tesla wasn't such a kook after all.

Rexia2022 t1_j9mpvl5 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 2:00 AM

Oh no, he was definitely a kook. A ridiculous genius, but mans was weird.

Article title is nonsense, but particles do pop into and out of existence in a vacuum all the time. It's a pretty cool phenomenon.

allenout t1_j9mp3jz wrote on February 23, 2023 at 1:54 AM

I mean, this is fundamentally different.

johnjohn4011 t1_j9msca4 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 2:18 AM

I remember him claiming that it was feasible to draw energy (electricity) out of the "ether". I guess depending on how you define his terminology it could be seen as fundamentally different, but then the more we refine our definitions, the more abstract and removed from how we actually experience reality they become.

allenout t1_j9pjb9o wrote on February 23, 2023 at 5:34 PM

Tesla was brilliant in many ways but really stupid in others. Many of his failed engineering designs failed due to essentially power by some non-mystical version of magic. Tesla vehemently disagreed with Einsteins theory of Special Relativity.

johnjohn4011 t1_j9q8rs3 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 8:12 PM

As time goes on, more will be revealed :)

allenout t1_j9s7kaq wrote on February 24, 2023 at 4:26 AM

It's been 100 years. Nothings being revealed