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One of the things that irritates me a little about Da Vinci is he gets disproportionate credit for inventing things that don't actually work. The list of things
by rerdavies 4y ago
One of the things that irritates me a little about Da Vinci is he gets disproportionate credit for inventing things that don't actually work. The list of things he invented that he actually got to work is vanishingly small.
Even when claims are made that he is "prescient", there has never been, nor will there ever be a functional "helicopter" that looks like Da Vinci's helicopter.
- spaceman_2020 4y agoYou always compare people against their contemporaries. Da Vinci has his reputation because he was exploring ideas far above and beyond his contemporaries, and because his breadth of knowledge and skills covered a wide swathe of subjects.
- ly3xqhl8g9 4y agoHis killing machines seemed to work just fine [1], although some seem to go towards a more interesting counterpoint for when HBO will make the inevitable series Da Vinci: The Machine, staring Leonardo di Caprio [2]. [1] How Leonardo da Vinci made a living from killing machines, https://theconversation.com/how-leonardo-da-vinci-made-a-living-from-killing-machines-112402 https://theconversation.com/how-leonardo-da-vinci-made-a-liv... [2] Leonardo’s War Machines – The Italian Genius May Have Deliberately Sabotaged His Own Designs, https://www.warhistoryonline.com/history/leonardos-war-machines.html https://www.warhistoryonline.com/history/leonardos-war-machi...
- wizzwizz4 4y ago> there has never been, nor will there ever be a functional "helicopter" that looks like Da Vinci's helicopter. No: it has no stabilising rotor. However, there could be a functional quadcopter using four of Da Vinci's aerial screws: https://www.cnet.com/science/this-drone-flies-using-da-vincis-530-year-old-helicopter-design/ https://www.cnet.com/science/this-drone-flies-using-da-vinci...