<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Anders wrote:<br><br></span><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The standard crackpot claim is "They laughed at Galileo!" (to which<br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">the rejoinder is: "And Bozo the clown.")</span></font></blockquote><br><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In the same vein as the parenthetic comment, someone once quipped that they laughed at him when he said he would become a Twitter comedian and then asked, "Well, who's laughing now?!" :)</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Regarding your other comments, much in agreement. I think some (most? all?) people need some encouragement to stick to something -- to try to implement the various elements needed for success in any field. But I've seen many people doggedly go on until total failure. My fear would be that the Tesla icon might fuel "stick-to-it-ness" to the point of utter ruin. <br></span><br><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div style="font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294);"><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 20px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);">Regards,</span></font></div><div style="font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294);"><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 20px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294);"><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 20px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);">Dan</span></font></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294);"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> My latest Kindle book: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N72FBA2">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N72FBA2</a></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294);"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> (You can preview it on the site.)</span></div></body></html>