Re:How Benjamin Franklin Got His First Fifty Customers
by jonny_eh on Friday December 28, 2012 @04:45PM
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Ben Franklin claimed he ate rocks?
Re:How Benjamin Franklin Got His First Fifty Customers
by sillysaurus on Friday December 28, 2012 @06:23PM
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No, Tesla claimed Tesla ate rocks in his autobiography. And many more interesting claims, like that Tesla always knew his own weight to the pound, and quit smoking in a day by deciding to. (The smoking claim is actually the most believable, but it's mixed in with silly claims about eating rocks and "abs like a crocodile". I'm serious.)
Re:How Benjamin Franklin Got His First Fifty Customers
by ludicast on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @08:28AM
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On the weight thing, as a former wrestler I can always guess my weight within a pound. I'm feeling 191 ... strips naked ... 191.
Did have to strip naked to get the number I wanted though.
He claims he routinely ate rocks, iirc, among a number of other incredible claims. His tone also sounds as if he cares about convincing the reader, which is a sign that an author might care so much about persuading the reader that they might distort certain truths to be more convincing.