> By the way, Tesla on war and peace:
>
> ``War cannot be avoided until the physical cause for its recurrence is
> removed and this, in the last analysis, is the vast extent of the planet
> on which we live. Only through annihilation of distance in every
> respect, as the conveyance of intelligence, transport of passengers and
> supplies and transmission of energy will conditions be brought about
> some day, insuring permanency of friendly relations. What we now want is
> closer contact and better understanding between individuals and
> communities all over the earth, and the elimination of egoism and pride
> which is always prone to plunge the world into primeval barbarism and
> strife. Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal
> enlightenment.
Tesla of course was also an excellent writer and
had written his own Serbian poetry as a collection.
Most amazingly he also directly corresponded
with Swami Vivekananda at the Chicago Worlds
Fair in which both individuals were at the height
of their prominence, Tesla was very intrigued
with the correlation of Vedantic concepts to
that of a rigorous scientific analogy.
This seems surprising in light of the fact that
Tesla had considered the human to be a glorified
automaton, and that this view was in accordance
with typically analytical perspective devoid of any
religious persuasion.
Personally I find this view somewhat atheistic,
however I do get sick of these automatons coming
around preaching the word of God by scripture
authority saying a rote memorization.
Perhaps the religious kooks are the automatons. HDN
>
> Originally appeared in the Electrical experimenter magazine in 1919.
>
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