Nikola Tesla:

The human being is a self-propelled automaton entirely under the control of external influences. Willful and predetermined though they appear, his actions are governed not from within, but from without. He is like a float tossed about by the waves of a turbulent sea.

— Nikola Tesla Modern

AC electrical system, inventor

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Deep, mind-bending, and controversial philosophical view on free will and human determinism.

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