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Consider the Photoautograph of Édouard-Léon Scott.

In 1850 he captured the first human voice.

By printing his sound waves on paper using coal dust and a feather.

He called it Voice Calligraphy.

They called him crazy.

“you can’t do that"

They are gone—his voice remains:
Why don’t you know about Édouard-Léon Scott.

Why did it take a century for his Photoautograph ideas to become a reality?

Like always the “debunkers" & “scientists” of the epoch branded him a charlatan.

He died disgraced, alone in an unmarked grave:

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“Something must be done about Édouard-Léon Scott”—Scientists & religious leaders, France, 1850.

Mobs formed:

“Mr. Scott driven by overly vivid imagination seeks in these traces information in a higher order, he believes in these inscribed lines, is articulation. He is in error”
I implore anyone with a brilliant mind to abandon the work of being a “debunker”.

The “debunkers” have mostly—unknowingly held humanity back.

Many they branded as charlatans like Édouard-Léon Scott could have advanced humanity forward.

“Debunker” should be a mark of—shame.
Be Skeptical.

Debate empericals.

Show your evidence.

Help people understand your point of view.

Humanity thrives on debate—not “debunking”.
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