What's it called when an inventor's invention backfires on them?
Is there a name for this specific concept? Where somebody invents something (to do them good) but then that thing turns around and backfires on them?
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Is there a name for this specific concept? Where somebody invents something (to do them good) but then that thing turns around and backfires on them?
Not sure about a name, but:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_inventors_killed_by_their_own_invention
Weird seeing Stockton Rush on there when most of the other inventors are pre-20th century.
I like how Thomas Andrews and Stockton Rush are right next to each other on that list. Kinda poetic.
Shame there aren't pictures. A lot of these sound pretty cool.