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To sum it up, Tesla’s problem was he delivered too much sizzle, and not enough steak.

Isn’t that the case also for the occult scene in general?

Someone said the basis for supporting flat-earth cults, is they ascribe enormous significance to seemingly revealing trivial minutia or false paradoxes in the overall scheme of the primary matter under consideration, while rejecting and blocking interplay of general organizing principles that actually determine the outcomes.

It’s classic sleight of hand, and “good” cult constructs get people to echo it like a viral parrot.

The issue isn’t the issue, it’s the method or emphasis used to construct a model of reality, that is the issue.

And the Magicians’s emphasis is to fool people by their own acceptance of a fallacy of conjecture, not merely of a particular pile of facts, but acceptance of the false way “truth” is derived from them.

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Apr 24·edited Apr 24

I liked the parallel with ed Kaczynski (aka The Unabomber).

Also liked the fact that "logarithm" (instead of algorithm) wording was fixed.

Re: Cybernetics: I think the merit for laying the foundational work in the Science of Cybernetics, should be shared between Norbert Wiener and a Romanian. Matthew, did you know about Ștefan Odobleja ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C8%98tefan_Odobleja )?

Now, in regards to Tesla's automaton: Are we sure it's not a misinterpretation of the actual public demonstration and patent? Isn't it about the radio remote-controlled little boat - which marks Tesla's dabble into long range radio-based communication? I'm not sure if Tesla had an assistant during those public demonstrations. If he had one, are we sure such person wasn't just assisting with guiding / maneuvering the radio-controlled boat? I'm trying to understand, and put into the right context, Tesla's statements regarding the variability / shielding effect of the radio transmitter due to demonstrator's / controller's body movement, or "flexing muscles". Because technically speaking, there is some truth in that (especially with an under-powered transmitter, or difficult EM propagation in a specific region etc). Other than that, I find it hilarious.

One key takeaway that I've learned from this series on Tesla so far: Every human is multi-faceted: There is Tesla the Engineer, Tesla the Theoretical Physicist, Tesla the psychological / sociological being, Tesla the Metaphysicist and Cosmologist, Tesla the dreamer-of-future, Tesla the Eugenicist, and so on :).

And I'll make sure to remember him mostly for the Engineer facet, i.e. where he had excelled.

This brings in a possibly interesting idea: Matthew, what would you say if you did the same exercise and started a series on: "Einstein the Human", to also remove lots of aura and myths about such character? And to keep the analysis fair with Tesla in the same time.

Thank you.

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Jun 12·edited Jun 12

Basically Tesla’s claims surrounding the boat went beyond electromechanical innovation and were embellished, to claims it embodied principles of biology, a different beast altogether. Too much sizzle, not enough steak.

For example, look at the impressive, even mystical, demonstration power of Tesla Coils, they are very impressive especially in his time, but because of this incredible demonstration, the inventor can flirt with exaggeration and claim powers of anything assuredly outside the grasp of common knowledge, and people are likely to buy it, given the big psychological impression the high voltage phenomenon made upon people.

It’s a temptation many other great inventors faced, some rejecting fakery outright as an insult to their honor and integrity, and others outright embracing such embellishment. So it’s driven by character, or the lack-of. You are dealing with a showman, whose claims exceed his actual accomplishments.

Like a caveman with a Bic lighter becomes a convincing god; it’s all salesmanship over substance.

Notice the parallels with modern advertising, public relations, perception management strategies, media spin, narrative control; and especially, “shock-and-awe”, all reflecting a refined science of lying, essentially, using similar half-truths, slight-of-hand methods and psychological vulnerabilities, as used in magic and cults.

This is the binding theme behind “The Wizard of Oz”.

This is where reality becomes something to hide or optional; what matters is did the target audience buy it or not.

It’s all about the asymmetrical relationship between the magician, and the audience. Not exactly compatible with the idea of “all men created equal”, lol. No, more like “Game of Thrones”, completed by the court magician.

Like a perverse evolutionary process, good lies are copied and promoted to spread like a prairie fire, before truth even gets its shoes on. It’s become increasingly worse with social media.

Freedom is therefore not about particulars, but about reliable methods of increasing one’s powers of discernment, especially for establishing immunity to lies built upon slight-of-hand traditions.

Like RT says, “Question More”, lol.

Why Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse are Famous for all the WRONG Reasons!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=kSyGFEjoYOM&t=8s&pp=ygUSV2VzdGluZ2hvdXNlIHRlc2xh

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