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Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_it8ymh9 wrote

Reply to comment by AVespucci in Jersey City, it’s time to rename Christopher Columbus Drive by HobokenJ

Nope. Marconi stole the radio from Nikola Tesla. Look it up, was affirmed in a US Supreme Court case. Marconi was a self promoter second only to Edison.

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ohnjaynb t1_ita31wb wrote

Yeah, but wasn't Tesla kind of insufferable? Sheldon Cooper is a toned down Tesla.

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Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_ita48s8 wrote

Yes he was totally Asperger's, but I don't believe he was actively annoying, just uninterested in other people for the most part. That included a disinterest in collecting accolades. He also discovered X-rays, thought it was interesting and moved on to something else interesting.

But that doesn't mean it's ok for other people to take credit for his discoveries, any more that was ok for Edison to take personal credit for the work of his lab staff.

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