Re: how about wilhelm reich?

Each was interesting in their own way. Reich re-descovered what was known for millenia and made many errors in his analysis and writings but never the less positively contributed to todays world.

Tesla, on the other hand, made many more discoveries, but made a deadly error: he worked with and depended on wrong people. He was too naive for the modern world. As a result, second half of his life was largely unproductive as he was prevented by contract to work while giving up on the money he would've made had he just not ripped up one other contract which would have saved him. That other contract would have easily made him the richest person on the planet as he was to be paid a dollar for every horse power produced by all electric plants in the US. Actually had he reduced that amount to mere cents, he would've still been the richest person alive.

Most, if not all, ideas he had in his office burned in one or two fires/"accidents". Or rather - first they were stolen, then the rest was burned.