You Won’t Believe These Negative Initial Reactions To The World’s Greatest Inventions

Do you remember the last time you told someone their idea sucked and it wasn’t going to work with the confidence of a drunk fucker saying he can “totally drive”? And do you remember what it felt like when you were proven astoundingly wrong?

Well, here are a few people who ended up eating their words – And the whole world witnessed it. These were the people who did not believe some of the inventions we now know as revolutionary, were ever going to work.

1. Automobile: Invented by Karl Benz

2. Telephone: Invented by Alexander Graham Bell

3. Airplane: Invented by Orville and Wilbur Wright

4. Light Bulb: Invented by Thomas Edison

5. Computer: Invented by Charles Babbage

6. The Motion Picture Camera/Cinematograph: Invented by August and Louis Lumiere

7. Camera: Invented by Nicephore Niepce

8. Radio: Invented by Gugliemo Marconi

9. Television: Invented by John Logie Baird

10. Apple Inc.: Established by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne

So, the next time a dreamer comes up to you, you may be more inclined to reign in the naysayer in you.