So the story about Nikola Tesla and his apparent genius that I read about a few years ago was a stepping stone for me to learn that whatever I read about history, I should always take it with a pinch of salt because like the famous saying "History is written by the victors", our interpretations of history may be wrong until later disproven or elaborated more or some versions of history were a bit askew and not as straight-forward as we might think, such as I was told when I was very young that Edison was the one who invented the light bulb was an inventor of many things but I was later exposed to the information that he went to extremes to prove that AC was dangerous by electrocuting an elephant but he in fact used DC in order to sway the people

And later on, I was told also exposed to the cult following of Tesla and even I questioned the reasoning behind it and also realised how the whole "new information" about Tesla was also a bit wrong as well, if not sensationalised as well or he was given too much credit

But despite Tesla's scientific prowess and also apparent genius, I later learned that Tesla is now considered as a crackpot because he managed to have a good lawyer who allowed Tesla's patents to be approved over others, almost as if he had an ego that he wanted to show over others like he wanted some recognition or fame.

This is a bit confusing to me because as time goes on, I am learning more information about Tesla and how his story is often more complicated than I originally thought