Who was the loneliest person in recorded history and why?
Nikola Tesla He was a weird scientist. He never married and had no children.
Not to belittle his achievements he was a genius, though a lonely one.
He claimed to keep his ideas inside of his brain to keep them from being stolen and therefore avoided human interactions.
He practiced celibacy, even though he never loved a woman he once developed an unusual relationship with a pigeon which he said "I loved that pigeon as a man loves a woman, and she loved me”.
He hated the idea of getting married. 'I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men”.
- Nikola Tesla.
He died at the age of 85 broke and lonely.
To reiterate, Tesla was a genius, though a lonely one and had many patents to his name.
His quotes about being alone.
“The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind. Be alone-that is the secret of invention: be alone, that is when ideas are born”. Nikola Tesla"
He died alone in his hotel suite.
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