Have been reading Empires of Light (about Edison, Tesla and Westinghouse). Hadn’t realized that electricity, just as so many inventions after it, was ridiculed as a “toy for the rich” that would never benefit lower classes.
Electricity was derided as a toy for the rich, as were many inventions that came after electricity. That doesn’t say that electricity was an invention.
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Oh ok just admit your tweet was wrong
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Just admit you read something wrong, tried to lob bombs at some popular twitter account you don’t like, and now it’s too late for you to backtrack
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Popular? You took the bait cause you were wrong and have wasted your time defending it lol
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, but electricity wasn’t an invention, it was a discovery...it was always here (e.g.
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