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Tesla was robbed!

Ang and I have been fans of House for a while. Kind of like what ER used to be, I can’t really keep up with the medical jargon, but the pacing is usually entertaining and the character development is near perfect.

Last night cemented it for me though. On a chalkboard through most of the show was the statement “Tesla was robbed!”. None of the characters obviously wrote it, it was just there. There was also a reference to Schrödinger’s cat. Just beautiful. I’m sure, like the medical jargon, that went right over most people’s heads but there was a group of us that had a good chortle.

You know you’re with me on this.

Tesla’s on my brain lately because I’m (slowly) making my way through Wizard, a biography of Tesla. Fascinating guy. It’s truly amazing how many inventions we use in our life that he’s responsible for. Edison gets all the credit but he was a hack. As with most things, Edison was better at commercializing and marketing his product. Tesla was the genius but too eccentric.

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  1. Patricia
    October 3rd, 2007 at 14:38 | #2

    Tesla was also mentioned on Eureka as one of the few people in history who were touched by the artifact.

  2. October 3rd, 2007 at 17:39 | #3

    Yeah, I saw that too, big fan of House and been reading little bits about Tesla here and there lately. I would imagine his appearance in the film “The Prestige” was entirely fictional, but it was entertaining none the less! True, he was robbed in his own time, but perhaps history has granted him a “cult status” not shared by Edison!

    Oh, and I’m actually of no relation to the previous commenter, just a coincidence I guess!

  3. APS
    October 3rd, 2007 at 19:54 | #4

    I knew I wasn’t the only person that got the “Tesla was robbed” reference.

  4. jp
    July 28th, 2009 at 22:24 | #5

    Tesla was just pay back for all the other folks Croatian have stolen from. Criminals, all of them.

  5. July 29th, 2009 at 05:24 | #6

    @jp

    Yes, JP, let’s bring some ethnic hatred into the mix. We certainly don’t have enough of that in the world!

  6. dgalic
    March 21st, 2010 at 09:31 | #7

    @jp
    wtf are u talking about, I think I know a little more about Tesla then you and Croatian didnt steal anything from him or anyone else for that matter. We are proud of him just like serbs and like the entire humanity should be. To quote Tesla “I am proud of my Serbian origin and my Croatian homeland”. Think about that nazi prick

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