The concept of Time is by far the greatest invention in the history of our species.
Inventor wrote:
I vote for the Internet, because without it we wouldn't have LetsRun
The concept of Time is by far the greatest invention in the history of our species.
Inventor wrote:
I vote for the Internet, because without it we wouldn't have LetsRun
BEER.
if you have Netflix, watch "How Beer Saved the World." fascinating.
Need I say more...?
TOILET PAPER!
the pocket
Mankind's greatest inventions
1) The Gold Medal (if not for the gold medal, third would get bronze and second would get silver, but first place--nothing.
2) Warp 5 (we wouldn't have discovered the aliens)
3) Time Travel
4) Running (because what else would we do when we need to get to the fridge and back before the commercials are over?)
5) The One Ring to Rule Them All (for convenience)
I notice no one's mentioned sliced bread. I've always wondered what was so great about it...
Anyway, I'd go with the invention(s) of the means to create and control fire. These certainly predated modern humans (by close to a million years) and may well have played a large role in the reshaping of human jaws and mouths, making intelligible speech possible.
religion
greatest=
unique?
impactful?
most used?
most or longest sought after?
Like Willie said it depends on what it is.
LittleWhite Dove loves running wrote:
greatest=
unique?
impactful?
most used?
most or longest sought after?
Like Willie said it depends on what it is.
No sh1t! It's an opinion anyway. You're just avoiding the issue, probably like the way you live your pathetic noncommital life.
Gotta be sliced bread. It's the standard by which everything else is evaluated. When have you ever heard someone say, "It's better than the printing press" or "It's the greatest thing since the wheel."
but, perhaps, i could suggest an IDEA as the greatest invention of mankind:
-The Scientific Technique(Method)-(without it we wouldn't have modern medicine or our wonderful computers)
Interesting suggestion, I think you are wrong for two reasons:
1) It is possible (even if unlikely) that we could have arrived at our current state of technological advancement without recourse to the Scientific Method;
2) Surely the Scientific Method is reliant on the existence of language, and therefore (if we are considering the Scientific Method as a candidate for the Ur-invention) language must be the more significant invention, because without it the Scientific Method cannot exist?
GenericID wrote:
[quote]but, perhaps, i could suggest an IDEA as the greatest invention of mankind:
-The Scientific Technique(Method)-(without it we wouldn't have modern medicine or our wonderful computers)
Interesting suggestion, I think you are wrong for two reasons:
1) It is possible (even if unlikely) that we could have arrived at our current state of technological advancement without recourse to the Scientific Method;
2) Surely the Scientific Method is reliant on the existence of language, and therefore (if we are considering the Scientific Method as a candidate for the Ur-invention) language must be the more significant invention, because without it the Scientific Method cannot exist?[/quote
To the guy above, you are a moron. To the original guy, the scientific method is not a real thing. It is logic. It is a statement of truth. Its like saying "breathing is the greatest invention because with out it humans wouldnt exist." We do because we are. We think for the same reasons we breath.
1. Writing
2. Hand lotion
NO QUESTION - the flipper. Can you imagine having to get up every time you want to change the channel? End of
topic.
Ghost of Ashenfelter wrote:
Gotta be sliced bread. It's the standard by which everything else is evaluated. When have you ever heard someone say, "It's better than the printing press" or "It's the greatest thing since the wheel."
Plenty of thing came before sliced bread, use you loaf!
Someone said printing press. Internal combustion engine.
Galen Rupp
Brian wrote:
Some lunatic wrote:Agriculture
This is the WORST invention - a diasaster from which we will never recover:
http://www.ditext.com/diamond/mistake.html
How did it take five pages to draw the crazies out on this one?
Some lunatic wrote:
How did it take five pages to draw the crazies out on this one?
It's Sunday - even the crazies like a day off.