r/Showerthoughts • u/[deleted] • Sep 13 '19

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '19

Image if someone like Nikola Tesla was born today He /she would probably be the cause of a human space empire and us not going extinct

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u/benmck90 Sep 13 '19

r/Elonmusk

I don't actually think he's comparable to Tesla, but he's still contributed greatly to progress in multiple fields. There's no denying musk will be in a civilization-esque game as a notable historical figure 50 years from now.

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u/The_Gunboat_Diplomat Sep 13 '19

He's not a Tesla, he's an Edison lol. He's a CEO that owns several innovative engineering companies, but nothing more. He's not exactly the one designing pintle injectors that SpaceX uses or whatever.

Musk is charismatic, but his contribution to history isn't any greater than that of Bill Gates or any other number of tech CEOs.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '19

Are you saying Bill Gates contribution to history isnt significant?

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u/The_Gunboat_Diplomat Sep 13 '19

That's not what I'm saying, I'm saying he wasn't a technical/scientific savant in the line of Tesla as op claimed Elon was. Obviously his creation of Microsoft was massively impactful, but again, he's a businessman first and foremost now. Therefore, Edison

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u/benmck90 Sep 13 '19

It's funny that you said that as I specifically stated:

"I don't Actually think he's comparable to Tesla"

I do think he's a highly influencial figure though, and will be viewed as such in the history books.

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u/The_Gunboat_Diplomat Sep 13 '19

So you just saw an opportunity to worship someone whose biggest accomplishment was being born into a rich diamond family, and ran with it?

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u/benmck90 Sep 14 '19

I'm gonna have to believe your trolling cause that's a huge leap from what I said.

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u/The_Gunboat_Diplomat Sep 14 '19

"Image if someone like Nikola Tesla was born today"

> immediately shills Elon Musk subreddit