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What, in your opinion, is the greatest invention in human history?

Anything from the hand-axe to the quantum computer.

Jnei 8 Apr 20
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writing

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CRISPR

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Hedy Lamarr's radio guidence system. Without it we wouldn't have spread spectrum and frequency hopping technology used in current phones.

Gohan Level 7 Apr 20, 2018
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The back scratcher (Bliss!)

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Two words- Duct Tape!

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I have to say the best thing ever created by man (human race), is just one thing, Coffee! 2nd would be bacon.

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Birth contol pills

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drawing and painting

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The scientific method

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Chocolate....chocolate coated anything.

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Electricity. Without it you'd have no modern society.

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Deliberative Thought ie Why?, The first questions. Without that, no stone-axe or flint knives. Other animals use objects as tools. However there is a tremendous gulf between a stone being used like an axe and a stone deliberately shaped into even the most primative axe. The sheer number of perceptual and cognitive efforts required is staggering. I know it is difficult for most people to wrap their heads around, but you need thought tools for thought experiments, and thought experiments are prerequisites for effecting change in one's ecology socially and materially.

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The greratest invention in history was the development of the transistor. Who could argue about that ??

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Electricity.

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Written language

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The wheel.

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There are many great ones, but I think the assembly line is one of the greatest. It sparked the industrial revolution, put millions to productive work, made products more affordable.

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The Plastic Lawn Flamingo.

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