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The guy who invented leaded gas is the original -10x engineer. Poisoned an entire nation, destroyed the ozone layer, and killed himself with a homemade gizmo. U
by jeffbee 2y ago
The guy who invented leaded gas is the original -10x engineer. Poisoned an entire nation, destroyed the ozone layer, and killed himself with a homemade gizmo. Unprecedented performance.
- rawgabbit 2y agoMoved fast and broke himself.
- nayuki 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr. , and a video by Veritasium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV3dnLzthDA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV3dnLzthDA (25 min)
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoWhat homemade gizmo killed him? A quick search online said that he died from a stroke.
- alaithea 2y agoIt's in the Wikipedia article. It was a device he invented to help himself get out of bed after having been disabled by polio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoAh. I presumed you were talking about Charles Kettering, who also was one of the developers of leaded gasoline (and Freon).
- kridsdale1 2y agoBreakfast time, Grommit!
- dopamean 2y agoThere's a great QAA Podcast episode about it.
- duskwuff 2y agoPerhaps it's for the best that he didn't survive. Given his track record, we probably wouldn't have survived whatever he came up with next.
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