Some lunatic wrote:
Brian wrote:This is the WORST invention - a diasaster from which we will never recover:
http://www.ditext.com/diamond/mistake.htmlHow did it take five pages to draw the crazies out on this one?
What exactly is crazy about it? The article's perspective and argument seem at least plausible.
SFbayRunner wrote:
1. Writing
2. Hand lotion
I'm surprised it took this long before somebody mentioned writing. Language is not an invention but rather an evolved trait; while absolutely crucial, I don't think language counts as an invention. But writing most definitely does, and probably deserves credit as the greatest invention.
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GenericID wrote:
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?
agree with this guy. what does the scientific method have to do with anything?
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Sad nobody mentioned the knife yet.
It is SO obvious...
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