What, in your opinion, is the greatest invention in human history?
Anything from the hand-axe to the quantum computer.
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LeighShelton
Level 8
Apr 20, 2018
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Emme:
It's a shame they're not getting enough use.?
yes it really is
Are you all missing the obvious? INDOOR PLUMBING
pilotlight11
Level 5
Apr 20, 2018
3
Piggy backing on that one Bill Nye gave a strong argument for municipal sewer and water systems without which large cities could not exist.
Emme:
The bidet❣?
The Microwave. Nothing says "I don't feel like cooking, but don't wanna go out." Like nuking some kind of food
MasterSolace
Level 3
Apr 20, 2018
2
Clearly it is the goat bag you posted before.
Or maybe language. It's kind of a toss-up.
Drewesque
Level 6
Apr 20, 2018
2
hands down the goat bag...Im kinda a goat expert and inventor, It would actually work quite well!
Religion - what a scam.
I despise religions and religious people, but it certainly has worked out well for them considering history and current state of affairs around the world.
Slappy_Longarms
Level 7
Apr 21, 2018
3
I was going to say this too. Albeit it had a silver lining. Before Freud opened us up to analyzing our human condition, religion as a device served it’s purpose pretty well of keeping the human condition in check. Sometimes our inventions backfire for the worse (heck we’re just seeing this now with YouTube).
- Alphabet
- Mathematics
- Yoga pants
Keith_J
Level 6
Apr 21, 2018
4
I agree...mostly
- Yoga pants 98%
- Alphabet 1%
- Mathmatics 1%
This more properly illistrates importance.
Good question. I wish I had an answer, but I don't. I will say that the one that has had the most profound and all encompassing effect on the development of civilization is written language. I'd say it was foundational.
evidentialist
Level 8
Apr 21, 2018
2
That is an interesting question that I had not thought of until now. I would have to say that the greatest invention ever is the camera and how that morphed into video recordings. Not only do these things further our understanding of history but as a person that has researched the ancestry of over 50+ families - pictures bring it home. It's one thing to visit a cemetery for names and dates - it's quite another to have pictures of these people and how they lived and labored for us over 160+ years ago.
SLBushway
Level 7
Apr 21, 2018
2
Toilet paper was an excellent replacement for cactus.
P.S. I really did want to give an intellectual response but I'm tired and it's late, so the smart ass just came right out, Please forgive this episode.
DavidLaDeau
Level 8
Apr 21, 2018
7
Most people used stones or the Sears catalog lol.
Toilet paper is dirty. Bidets are better. And those automatic bum sprayers in Korea are the bomb.
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