for questions about claims based on Nikola Tesla, known for his contributions to the development of alternating current.
Questions tagged [nikola-tesla]
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Did/does the US government keep secret papers by Nikola Tesla?
A popular conspiracy theory holds that Tesla invented a free energy device, but that the powers that be prevented him from publishing it, because it would hurt their investments. Of course, free energy as such does not exist, and literally speaking,…
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Is there any data on how efficient Tesla wireless power transmission was?
It's widely believed that Nikola Tesla not only demonstrated wireless power transmission but his works in this field were very successful.
Wikipedia only says this
The electric energy transmitted by means of electrostatic induction can be utilized…
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Is Nikola Tesla the only scientist to successfully create ball lightning?
Related: Is there any scientific proof that ball lightning is real?
Someone passed along this The Oatmeal comic about Tesla. It's quite interesting and entertaining. I was curious about a lot of the statements' complete veracity, but this one in…
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Can anyone function on just 2 hours sleep per night?
This infographic advert describes the sleeping habits of a few well-known people:
A few of them were claimed to have gotten by with extremely little sleep. For example: Tesla, 2 hours of sleep per day.
Is it true that some people can function…
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Did Tesla calculate the cubic root of the mass of his food before eating?
In an interview reported in the Sydney Morning Herald today, Professor Melissa Schilling is quoted as saying:
If we had Tesla on the couch today, he would get a diagnosis of certainly mania, possibly bipolar disorder and obsessive-compulsive…
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Did Einstein reply "Ask Tesla" when asked how it felt to be the smartest man alive?
There is an alleged exchange where Albert Einstein was asked "How does it feel to be the smartest man alive?" to which he allegedly replied "ask Tesla".
Did it really happen?
Sources that make this claim:
Quora: Was Albert Einstein really the…
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Did Nikola Tesla work on "healing machines"?
If so, what were they proven to do? I've heard this sometimes confused with Lakhovsky's MWO. Are there any primary sources of his work on "healing machines" and coils/tubes that eradicate disease? Did he have any success, and were his results…
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