Who ripped off Nikola Tesla?

Tesla liked Edison just fine and vice versa? Were we lied to about this? Who at Edison General Electric ripped off Tesla if it was not Thomas Edison?

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@Metal-Brain
It's pretty old news, you want to revive Tesla?

@sonhouse said
@Metal-Brain
It's pretty old news, you want to revive Tesla?

No it isn't. We were taught it was Edison that reneged on the promise to pay Tesla said amount. Kathy claimed it was not Edison, so who was it if it was not Edison? And why were we taught a lie that made Edison seem like a cheat when he wasn't? They had nothing but good things to say about one another.

This is new news and if you had watched the video I posted you would already know that. Stop making up crap that is untrue.

@Metal-Brain
So how is this going to change the the world of science as it is now? Nobody claims Tesla was not a genius, the fact he pushed through wiring of power from Niagara Falls was proof enough, his use of AC allowed the transmission of major amounts of power by running the voltage in the wires to thousands of volts and cutting it back down to 110 volts for home use.
His legacy is made, and it is a great legacy. Mewling about problems with Edison will not detract from his obvious genius.

@sonhouse said
@Metal-Brain
So how is this going to change the the world of science as it is now? Nobody claims Tesla was not a genius, the fact he pushed through wiring of power from Niagara Falls was proof enough, his use of AC allowed the transmission of major amounts of power by running the voltage in the wires to thousands of volts and cutting it back down to 110 volts for home use. ...[text shortened]... d it is a great legacy. Mewling about problems with Edison will not detract from his obvious genius.

History has been revised to make Edison look like a jerk. He didn't screw over Tesla. This is about being fair to Edison. I am not saying Edison was perfect, but he didn't screw over Tesla according to Kathy.

Who was the jerk who screwed over Tesla?

@Metal-Brain
Finding out who the bad guy was helps how? It sounds like you are just trying to repair Tesla's reputation but that it totally secure, whatever the controversy over his reputation has nothing to do with his actual genius, except maybe someone was totally jealous of his mind.

@metal-brain said
History has been revised to make Edison look like a jerk. He didn't screw over Tesla. This is about being fair to Edison.

Edison was a jerk, and a patent fraud of Microsoftian proportions, and by no meand towards Tesla alone. That is very well documented, and some video claiming that he was almost, but not quite as nasty to Tesla as Reddit believes does not counterweigh that.

@sonhouse said
@Metal-Brain
Finding out who the bad guy was helps how? It sounds like you are just trying to repair Tesla's reputation but that it totally secure, whatever the controversy over his reputation has nothing to do with his actual genius, except maybe someone was totally jealous of his mind.

No. I am trying to repair Edison's reputation. That starts by placing blame at the correct person.

@shallow-blue said
Edison was a jerk, and a patent fraud of Microsoftian proportions, and by no meand towards Tesla alone. That is very well documented, and some video claiming that he was almost, but not quite as nasty to Tesla as Reddit believes does not counterweigh that.

What is your source of information.