Is it true that Thomas Edison wasn't an inventor but a thieft?

[Anonymous]

Is it true that Thomas Edison wasn't an inventor but a thieft?

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Thomas Edison’s one original idea was the lightbulb, that is indeed his invention. But yeah, everything else he’s credited for making was probably made by someone else first (most likely Nikola Tesla who genuinely believed that patenting his inventions and limiting them made the world a worse place to live) and he just patented it in his name legally.

[Asker]

Light Lambs were made by others earlier including Tesla

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Lambs?

[Asker]

Whatever it is spelled. Light thing.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Lamp?

[Asker]

If it is spelled as lamp, then lamps are pulural.

[Asker]

I thought I wrote the animal one which is spelled smilar to lamp

[Asker]

I confuse lamp and lamb with each other since they are spelled smilar

[genericname85]

he wasn't a thief. he was a marketer. like steve jobs. they didn't invent anyhting. they brought other peoples inventions to market that failed to reach market on their own.

[strateguy632]

Not stolen but only added part, earning first patent before anyone else.

https://www.ranker.com/list/things-edison-claimed-to-have-invented/melissa-sartore

[Comeonsteve]

Whatever he was, he was a deist, I'm sure he regrets it now, may God have mercy on his poor soul.

[jshm2]

Most white "inventors" were.

[Asker]

There is no black inventor

[Pterodon]

True