/sci/ - Science & Math

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>Scientifically speaking, how bad is it for your health to fall for the Nikola Tesla meme?
Falling for the Tesla meme results in ignorance of the greater danger posed by AC sources (Edison was right), leading to carelessness around AC sources, and ultimately to serious injury or death from them.
E.g.:
>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8306036
>Yes, you should always be careful. But DC is most definitely more dangerous at the same voltage once you get over 48 V DC... Being shocked by neither is good. But the choice between 200V DC and 200V AC is a fairly easy one for me
This brainlet actually believes the "DC pulls you in, AC lets you let go" (due to crossing 0 twice per cycle) meme.
He's unaware that AC also has a "no let go" threshold current, and that it's much lower than the DC threshold current.
The Tesla meme gets people killed.