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So we should take the word of a random "author" who didn't even bother to publish his name and credentials over Inman simply because this guy blasted Inman for

So we should take the word of a random "author" who didn't even bother to publish his name and credentials over Inman simply because this guy blasted Inman for being a Millennial? That's just as wrong as accepting some dumb comic as the authority on history. This guy, whoever he is, goes on about "crap on the Internet" then cites a 3rd of his sources from the Internet, four of those being Wikipedia. Even better, half his non-Internet based sources are museums -- no further information provided. His sources are mostly unverifiable crap, then he stoops to an ad hominem. It's garbage.

drzaiusapelord 9y ago
Its published by the Edison Tech Center which is a non-profit in Schenectady, NY. It doesn't need to publish on a more granular level of authorship. I guess it would be nice, but its own editorial policies are what they are and not outside of norms. I don't complain about the Economist doing the same, for example. >His sources are mostly unverifiable crap There is a source list at the end of the article. Sources: -Electrification in Western Society 1880-1930. by Thomas Parke Hughes.1993 (book) -Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany -Historisches Museum, Frankfurt Germany -The General Electric Story - A Hall of Electrical History Publication.1999 (book) -Archives of the Schenectady Museum: William Stanley files, E.W. Rice Jr. Files -Great Barrington Historical Society -Hawkins Electrical Guides (book series) -Men and Volts. by John Winthrop Hammond. 1941(book) -Folsom Powerhouse Museum. Folsom, California -Biography of Elihu Thomson, prepared by E.W. Rice Jr. -Archives of the Edison Tech Center: Rice Family Archives -Almost Edison: How William Sawyer and Others Lost the Race to Electrification. by Donald Scott McPartland. 2006 Internet Sources: -MIT website: Inventor of the Week" William Stanley -IEEE Global History Network: Milestones: Alternating Current Electrification 1886 -http://profiles.incredible-people.com/galileo-ferraris/ http://profiles.incredible-people.com/galileo-ferraris/ -wikipedia: Nikola Tesla -wikipedia: Transformers -wikipedia: Hippolyte Pixii -wikipedia: Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovsky
jstarfish 9y ago
> So we should take the word of a random "author" who didn't even bother to publish his name and credentials over Inman simply because this guy blasted Inman for being a Millennial? No. I'm not saying anyone should "just" believe either party over the other. For all of Inman's bold assertions, he cites no sources whatsoever-- not even random crap on the internet-- and ends his comic with an appeal to vandalize Wikipedia to support his argument. Without knowing anything about ETC, from an objective standpoint, I agree with ETC's assertion that Inman isn't qualified to be publishing unsubstantiated claims about anything related to a dead man's character or accomplishments.
- King-Aaron 9y ago
  > I agree with ETC's assertion that Inman isn't qualified to be publishing unsubstantiated claims about anything related to a dead man's character or accomplishments. He's an entertainer and comedian, not a bastion for everlasting factual histories of the world... I seriously feel that a large percentage of commenters on HN need to step back a bit and be less rigid in their assessment of society around them.

drzaiusapelord 9y ago

Its published by the Edison Tech Center which is a non-profit in Schenectady, NY. It doesn't need to publish on a more granular level of authorship. I guess it would be nice, but its own editorial policies are what they are and not outside of norms. I don't complain about the Economist doing the same, for example. >His sources are mostly unverifiable crap There is a source list at the end of the article. Sources: -Electrification in Western Society 1880-1930. by Thomas Parke Hughes.1993 (book) -Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany -Historisches Museum, Frankfurt Germany -The General Electric Story - A Hall of Electrical History Publication.1999 (book) -Archives of the Schenectady Museum: William Stanley files, E.W. Rice Jr. Files -Great Barrington Historical Society -Hawkins Electrical Guides (book series) -Men and Volts. by John Winthrop Hammond. 1941(book) -Folsom Powerhouse Museum. Folsom, California -Biography of Elihu Thomson, prepared by E.W. Rice Jr. -Archives of the Edison Tech Center: Rice Family Archives -Almost Edison: How William Sawyer and Others Lost the Race to Electrification. by Donald Scott McPartland. 2006 Internet Sources: -MIT website: Inventor of the Week" William Stanley -IEEE Global History Network: Milestones: Alternating Current Electrification 1886 -http://profiles.incredible-people.com/galileo-ferraris/ http://profiles.incredible-people.com/galileo-ferraris/ -wikipedia: Nikola Tesla -wikipedia: Transformers -wikipedia: Hippolyte Pixii -wikipedia: Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovsky

jstarfish 9y ago

> So we should take the word of a random "author" who didn't even bother to publish his name and credentials over Inman simply because this guy blasted Inman for being a Millennial? No. I'm not saying anyone should "just" believe either party over the other. For all of Inman's bold assertions, he cites no sources whatsoever-- not even random crap on the internet-- and ends his comic with an appeal to vandalize Wikipedia to support his argument. Without knowing anything about ETC, from an objective standpoint, I agree with ETC's assertion that Inman isn't qualified to be publishing unsubstantiated claims about anything related to a dead man's character or accomplishments.

King-Aaron 9y ago
> I agree with ETC's assertion that Inman isn't qualified to be publishing unsubstantiated claims about anything related to a dead man's character or accomplishments. He's an entertainer and comedian, not a bastion for everlasting factual histories of the world... I seriously feel that a large percentage of commenters on HN need to step back a bit and be less rigid in their assessment of society around them.