Personal computer (mid-1970s): Dismissed as a hobbyist toy. Established firms (e.g., HP, Atari) declined to back Apple’s prototype.
Laser (1960): Described by its own researchers as “a solution looking for a problem.” It is now foundational to fiber optics, surgery, barcode scanning, and manufacturing.
Transistor (1947): Announcement received minimal press coverage. The New York Times reportedly placed it in a short radio-news item.
Television (1920s-30s): Widely judged impractical or a passing novelty. In 1946, a major film executive predicted it would not hold an audience after the first months.
all of these were considered useless when invented, guess I don't even need to explain how much they are being used today, right?
it's not just because it's Elon Musk that you guys have to blindly hate it, you can simply appreciate something cool just because... it's cool.
edit: well based on the downvotes you guys DO need to hate it just because of Musk, guess childish people will keep on hating then.
does this change the fact that MANY inventions were deemed useless and then people were proven wrong? doesn't it serve as an argument to SIMPLY don't disregard what Musk did comlpetely as it was totally useless
You don't need to act stupid and assume that I meant that EVERY invention is useful. I simply meant that people are only bitching this much because it's elon, but that does look cool.
Let not pretend you are mocking it because of its association with Elon Musk.
If he didn't reveal is politic side 10 years ago I bet you and the rest of reddit would be gushing about it is just like how you people used to with Elon 10 years ago.
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u/D3SK3R 23h ago edited 22h ago
Personal computer (mid-1970s): Dismissed as a hobbyist toy. Established firms (e.g., HP, Atari) declined to back Apple’s prototype.
Laser (1960): Described by its own researchers as “a solution looking for a problem.” It is now foundational to fiber optics, surgery, barcode scanning, and manufacturing.
Transistor (1947): Announcement received minimal press coverage. The New York Times reportedly placed it in a short radio-news item.
Television (1920s-30s): Widely judged impractical or a passing novelty. In 1946, a major film executive predicted it would not hold an audience after the first months.
all of these were considered useless when invented, guess I don't even need to explain how much they are being used today, right?
it's not just because it's Elon Musk that you guys have to blindly hate it, you can simply appreciate something cool just because... it's cool.
edit: well based on the downvotes you guys DO need to hate it just because of Musk, guess childish people will keep on hating then.