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Jan 27, 2018 7:52 AM
MrPuckett
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GooeyMagician72
"New York Times" is not a smart people
TrapsAreIllegal
Like many thing attributed to him, Bill Gates didn't say #1
RepostFromLastWeek
Buddy, this is an Imgur "fact" dump. Its like getting your news from the POTUS.
heilkitty811
New York Times is not a smart man.
Fistouille
What's with the vaguely attributed quotes and facts on imgur recently?
skooterLaughin
Looking at you FactRepublic
hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic
Recently?
GlassCannon570
We looped from acceptance to denial.
stonefold
makes people feel smart about themselves - it works for me!
SergeantSalsa
Yes please, hit me up with some uranium-powered vacuum cleaner and I'll vacuum the whole city
foszor
heennkkee
I hate posts like this, all full of crap and no sources what so ever.
CitizenDickbag
The fact that the picture used for William Preece is actually Rutherford B. Hayes leads me to believe these aren't all well-researched.
Snowblind176
Most of these are spoken in absolutes, but at least Einstein's was conditional and based on current evidence
TheHellbilly
"Imgur servers will get better." -TheHellbilly
lolthisismyusername
Enter (1) 32 bit OS...
hoofherrightinthefrontbutt
Oh, and fuck off Edison. You were the worst.
circlebreaker
Did you just fucking quote yourself?
Goldenbeer
"Our image hosting website will never copy us and try to have its own community" - Reddit users
CaptSchmidtGaming
Morgan Freeman: "But alas, the servers did not get better"
RussianJudge
elfoe
They've actually gotten so much better in the past couple years
McGreed
Yeah, sure, there is always an exception to the rule, you know.
SyeedAli
In two years. (tm)
DahPrincess
We got folders though!
darkraix
@sarah
lolthisismyusername
Pls
VodkaReindeer
Now that you mention it, I haven't seen an error message for like 2 years.
TheHellbilly
I have. But then again, I'm mostly on mobile.
WillowFox
"This cryptomining is a waste. Better get rid of my 20 bitcoins". Anyone circa 2010
asm80dfa8sdfj
Thankfully I'm rich in dogecoin. I have thousands!
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hahahasrsly
Where's that "I don't believe you gif"?
Chouilste
Feelsbadman.jpg...did you sell them all then?
VersatilePotato
I bought some stuff for most of it, then i found no use for them and sold of the last few.
Jewboy300
I noticed this was 99% doubt. I think the crazier claims are "We will" rather than "We won't".
walrossbukkakeParty
'A Boeing engineer ' was always my favourite smart person
RoodKontjeAapje
'This futuristic shit will never have a place in society ever!' -some dude at the time
TheWonderworks
IKR The Russians flew an aircraft the very next year (Tupolev ANT-20) which had a similar wingspan to the modern 747. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Irreal
Junkers build a bigger plane able to transport passengers two years before.
TheWonderworks
Not to mention every time I hear "Boeing engineer" all I can think about is "Mr Hands"
starkart
DefinitelyNotFourEels
More like 6969
TheNecronomician
More like 6699
7snowmen
i love Louis!
IrishManD
" the Kardashians will never become rich and famous because 1 of them sucked a dick " IrishmanD
AgamemnonsMemes
A lot of these are also intending to protect their industry.
batteryforeverlow
“You can’t possibly eat that whole pizza.” My wife
TheStormtrooperThatHitHisHead
If you know the enemy, and know yourself, you need not fear the results of one hundred battles.
spcmgmt
"... again."
gasotetsu
Yeah... F*ck T. Edison btw
Dystrophic
TESLA FOR LIFE YEAHHHH
Treblaine
Rutherford and Einstein were right as they were referring to radioactive decay, not nuclear fission, something very distinct.
Notanotherdamnone
Tony Abbott (ex PM of Australia - the one in the sth'n hemisphere) "people wont ever need more than 25mbps internet"
LegendarySuperSwine
I would kill for 25 megabytes per second. Only thing in my area bow is 25 megabits. I get better DL speeds using my phones Hotspot...
LegendarySuperSwine
Now, not bow. I fat fingered the "b" key as I went for "n". Sometimes I miss the physical slide out keyboards on phones.
fitlex
It's kind of true right now, that a single user on the internet doesn't need a faster speed than that for most things. More users though...
nabagaca
These quotes are meant to belong to smart people, something Mr Abbott is not.
HereticalCactus
Alex lewyt isn't wrong since some country's electricity is from nuclear plant and that vaccum cleaner run on it.
MoreAshyThanLarry
By that logic they are actually solar powered
ThatWillBuffOut
Indeed. Nuclear power plants were operating one year before he actually made that comment.
krokoschoko
a fact which contextualizes his comment that it probably DOES mean being powered by a local reactor
KavianFloyd
He obviously meant a miniature nuclear power source inside the vacuum cleaner itself.
HereticalCactus
there no proof of that line of thinking.
MikeOxlong21
I live in Ontario where 60% of our power is nuclear. Therefore 60% of our vacuums are nuclear powered
YamGlrd
Rather 100% of Ontario's vacuums are 60% nuclear powered
JHawke
Or perhaps 100% of the vaccuums and 0% of the coffeemakers.
imAUser
Is this a timmies comment?
JHawke
No, it is a very simple (albeit slightly wrong) comment to show that his reasoning to come to an absolute conclusion is wrong.
imAUser
Ah gotcha
ThePunneryOfficer
Rutherford was correct though in that nuclear energy would never be an efficient source of power
MrBilly69
But Isn't it literally the most efficient source of power we have? And could theoretically have; next only to matter/antimatter power?
ThePunneryOfficer
Uranium has by a large margin the greatest amount of energy per kilogram, but is also the most expensive
smashsouls
More like sun power
MrBilly69
The sun, as in the giant ball of nuclear fusion our planet rotates around? Cause thats still nuclear energy, in a much more inefficient form
smashsouls
I don’t have to run that reactor.
MrBilly69
The only difference is Solar power is distant from the power source, nuclear fusion on earth is close by ( but not yet profitable)
BaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaBATMAN
How do you figure that? I thought nuclear power is seen as very efficient.
16745
Depends.in regards to efficiency, Fission and fusion are world's apart
Raighto
Depends on what angle. Costwise it's not efficient. It's reliable and doesn't pollute the air.
ThePunneryOfficer
It's efficient, but very very expensive
Chemten
Charlie Chaplin wasn't completely wrong, looking at the quality of cinema now a days
Hybris51129
"No Infantryman would ever have need of more than 5 rounds of ammunition in his rifle. To do so would invite waste and poor marksmanship."
annoyedOnion
Up voted for the logic of the title alone
boomer6400
I predict people will make predictions that may or may not come true
AlwaysbetterWearasweater
But Albert Einstein and Chaplin both went on to be prominent leads within the very thing they talked bull about.
QwertyBam
Wasn't electricity already used to light part of London by 1878?
ragingrei
The first quote is a misattribution. Bill Gates never actually said that.
thylm
oldelidog
His Mom did, though...
ragingrei
Dammit, Mom!
cloakanddagger42
It's also quoted incorrectly! It's supposedly "64kb of RAM" and he's on record saying how dumb anyone who thought that would be.
creaothceann
640
vorodar
640kb and yeah, he never said that.
TheManInTheWall
Easy to call a prediction dumb when you look back in hindsight. Given technology and science at these times, these are reasonable prediction
TheFrenchGirl
It's the point: sciences and technologies evolve. You can't really predict how, even less what we will do with.
NaughtButOne
Einstein's wasn't even a prediction. It was a statement, based on the scientific understanding at the moment it was made.
ArcaneConjecture
Not Lord Kelvin. Any paper airplane or kite is proof the heavier-than-air flight is possible.
ClayBones548
The one about rockets never being able to leave the atmosphere was pure ignorance, regardless of the time it happened.
mrmartini
Except for one. There were a handful of early submarines being used long before 1901. They were well on their way. One even sunk a ship >
mrmartini
In the US civil war. It didn't survive, but kinda blew itself up stupidly ... still though.
LupusIgnis
Maybe not Edison's. That's more propaganda than prediction.
RoodKontjeAapje
That one's probably one of the few exceptions of this list.
IWishAussieAnimalsWereMoreCuddly
I was trawling the comment section to see if someone made that observation lol
AuntSharron
Yeah, Edison was a greedy prick.
SavageRancor
Not maybe. It's a fact that he slandered AC in an attempt to get people using DC, he killed an elephant at one point
LupusIgnis
Not just the elephant: http://www.businessinsider.com/edison-financed-the-electric-chair-2014-7
LeftHandPanda
"There is no way that teleportation will become reality, it's the stuff of science fiction" - Me, now. Someone prove me wrong!
mizadventures
Teleportation to the future you mean? Think about it. No flesh and blood person has ever turned up from the past, have they?
NaziZombiePrincessKenny
Nothing actually prohibits teleportation in physics. Also, it works with a few atoms already, it's just doing that on a bigger scale 1/2
oldelidog
Heisenberg
NaziZombiePrincessKenny
Sure, it can't be avoided, but you see, this type of teleportation transfers data, not matter, so it's not a problem.
NaziZombiePrincessKenny
like with a human body is a bit too much for now, energy and computing requirements are too high. But yes, it's possible as it is been done.
Goldenbeer
I think a major problem would be ripping your body apart by the atom would kill you no?
NaziZombiePrincessKenny
Copying an excel sheet and paste it does not destroy the original. Same applies.
SimonMc
How is that even the same thing? You say it yourself: copying. Teleportation is removing ( deleting ) it from one place and putting (1)
CuttleFishOfCthulu
The Thomas Edison one was in response to Nikola Tesla when they competed over whos electric current worked better. Tesla's AC beat Edison's>
reverseblumpkin
Two truly brilliant minds, but two truly awful human beings
Belaco
Tesla was awesome but edison was a dick. Pose don't insult Tesla with misinformation.
reverseblumpkin
Tesla supported eugenics. He was far from awesome.
DocVolt
Let's electrocute an elephant to prove that AC is dangerous!
Kjasi
Exactly. It wasn't a "dumb prediction", it was a marketing ploy to encourage the adoption of DC power.
vorodar
Yep. Basically the equivalent of Apple's insistence on not being "a PC". Or Ajit Pai's infamous video.
CuttleFishOfCthulu
It was him shitting on Tesla's idea.
igoslow
hence edison’s ethics were flawed
CuttleFishOfCthulu
But, you're right. He was also trying to sell people on the idea of DC and was trying to get by on his own name recognition.
LVMond
He also had his money on DC and tried his best at skewing the public opinion
CuttleFishOfCthulu
< DC and is what we use to carry electricity everywhere since then.
OtterlyMagnificent
But DC is what ultimately powers the majority of our entertainment in the form of batteries.
CuttleFishOfCthulu
Sure. But the contest held between the two over it was to prove whos would carry electricity further and continuously.
OtterlyMagnificent
The continuously part is the part that hits DC pretty hard, but AC can't be stored.
parsious
actually DC powers nearly all electronics in the end batteries or not, its just a really bad long distance transmission mode
WhatTheHellHero
Kinda, AC is amazing for inter-city transfer but will lose out to DC over longer distances due to harmonics and -->
WhatTheHellHero
The fact that connecting two un-synced power grids will cause a lot of power loss and other problems.
IPointThings
These are educated opinion and would change their minds if presented with evidence.
JohnG34897
Not all Craven of the FCC was saying it out of ignorance and bias.
Arconyte
It's pretty much all true today. The only thing on that list that satellites do semi-okay is radio, and that's pushing it.
twodumbthumbs
Nailed it
Seekinginward
I think a better message would be keep an open mind. Question truths. Don’t be restrained by what others tell you can and can’t be done.
iamkarlpilkington
I always feel for the computer guy. Cos what he understood a computer to be was completely impractical for a home at the time
creaothceann
Right, _micro_ processors enabled _personal_ computers
LobsterEquYJJHUality
And Einstein did exactly that.
atleastfourcharactersinlength
He also left himself an escape clause.
jasgstock
That doesn't change the point however, that being that even really smart people don't have a very clear view of the future.
naikou
Possibly. Sometimes smart people can get dug in on their pet theories. Ignore contradicting evidence while magnifying confirming evidence
Levitus
Einstein definitely did... In fact, it prompted him to write a letter to President Rooseveldt that sparked the beginning of the Manhattan P.
wingmanofmayhem
AE seems to have challenged himself with his statement.
Levitus
Well, at the time, he was 100% right - because the research hadn't been done to reveal any indication that nuclear energy would be viable.
Jocktopus
A lot them were assumptions though, not really based on evidence. They just assumed that something wouldn't work.
Jocktopus
The only evidence you probably could have given to change their minds would have been showing them the future.
kibateo
Also a lot of those statements were absolutely true given the technology at their time, most of modern day tech are almost alien 90 year ago
BlackElkSpeaks
One would assume so.
doucheCat
Granted there would be some who'd change their minds - true scientists. But there are many opinions here that were made just to misguide...
glamdringwielder
It's not so much about evidence, but the ability to analyze how human desires interact with an already existing technology
glamdringwielder
I think a sociologist could di that better than an engeneer specialized in said technology.
GreyDevi1
For Wells, the only sub then that had sunk something in combat was the CSS Hunley, and it sank (for the 3rd time) doing so ~40 years before
Fooby
Like anti-vaxxers?
MechanicalMistress
It did state "intelligent".
Fooby
I stand corrected.
WhoReadsPeoplesUsernamesAnyway
I think Charlie Chaplin is right. People are just too lazy. Also Albert Einstein is not predicting but stating a fact.
SomeDetroitGuy
Charlie Chaplain was very clearly wrong. Movies are vastly more popular than stage plays.
BritishBatman
...You know we do have access to nuclear energy right?
vorodar
Yes, and he was stating a fact - at the time, shattering the atom at will was not a thing. When it became, the facts changed.
WhoReadsPeoplesUsernamesAnyway
Exactly
LaziestGoodBoii
yes. so until u fuckers present us compelling evidence, the earth remains flat! ok? ok?
Crabsforeveryone
How's that rocket workin out?
randomdrifter54
There is compelling evidence you guys want to pick and choose what millennia of science is true with no evidence to back YOU up.
AkirasSpirit3
I think Charlie Chaplin wasn't that far off the truth either. I mean, we keep inventing new ways to make gore more real.
Crimson35
That's not even close to what he meant
AkirasSpirit3
Maybe I misunderstood then. What did he mean then?
Crimson35
He meant the film industry was a fad, that would be killed off by theatre and live performance
AkirasSpirit3
Aaaah. Now it makes sense... Thank you.
IncapableOfGuile
Hell, stuff like 3D and VR is a testament to the point he's making.
WristDeepInAnOwl
That's a fair point actually, +1
isayfuckoff
Napoleon invaded Russia
randomdrifter54
Wasn't it also during the winter? Like the absolute worse time to do it?
buttswor
Nope. Like most historical figures who get accused of this he actually invaded in June because that's basically the only time you could.
Secsletariat
The trouble is less to do with invading during winter, but *finishing* the invasion before winter comes. It never goes by on-schedule.
IamfunatpartiesIknow
Not with ships
DukePhelan
But he did fail the test of naval prowess. Empires that do that do not last long. Persia, Carthage, Spain, France,Germany, Japan, ect
tchetchechad
Ugh... Spain? Spanish armada was pretty impressive, and the Spanish were a power for a long, long time
koobybooby
Maybe not edison
Leadfoot
No, he knew it was viable... this was marketing.
BillBuffet
And the vacuum guy, he has a business to promote.
MileFromDisco
Edison was a dick so its totally fine
sunnydayingermany
Edison found it very useful for killing elephants
Drarra
He actually wanted to prove with that how it was supposedly more dangerous than DC.
SomeDetroitGuy
It also killed people. There was significant concern about the high voltage that AC uses in transmission lines.
sunnydayingermany
Concern and interest. (cue electric chair)
OneFuckedPony
Awww Topsy
rangermcfadden
At my...autopsy
Klingon00
To be fair, Edison had a financial and marketing reason to be against alternating current.
simplemusician
Exactly.
ColostomyBrag
I believe a lot of these quotes are due to unconsciously dismissing ideas they didn't like.
TwoEyedWilly
Thank you. I was about to say the same thing, and now I don’t have to.
Gonnaderpya
He probably knew it'd be more useful but still did all that shadey shit against it cause he wanted that cashy spendy money. Also cuntery.
DarthGibbon
Does that make his quote better or worse???
Nefel
Both. Better because he may have had the sight to see how things really were, worse because he'd rather sabotage humanity than lose business
twodumbthumbs
The math on that points to worse. I hope you understand that sum.
twodumbthumbs
Some people gave away vaccines and seatbelt patents for free. Edison was a scoundrel
notashill
He stole from Tesla too
Stollig
Good guy Volvo
yolobrolo
Just because he didn't work for free does not make him a scoundrel.
twodumbthumbs
You're right. But it could have made him a figure of humanitarianism, which does not pay well.
machineconductor
Monetizing your employees inventions doesn't make him a scoundrel. The way he went about It does. Fucking bastard.
GodzillaHarddiskson
No, but still, he _was_ a scoundrel. He didn't work for free but he made sure lots of others did
dex2775
No, it doesn't. What /does/ make him a scoundrel is all that tech thievery and dodgy business practices.
Corona688
He played business hardball 1800-style. Lie, cheat, steal, control, threaten. Squeeze your workers. Silence and vanish people.
camn333
And a bit of an asshole. That poor elephant :(
NotOnRexManningDay
He wasn't really directly involved in the elephant incident. Still sad thing to have happened though.
aBastardNoLonger
More than a bit. That guy was devious