Greatest Invention

[Bloodshot Scott]

What, in your opinion, is the greatest invention of all time?

My candidate would have to be the wheel. It has to be maybe the greatest invention ever.

What is your pick?


- Engineering?

- Medical?

- Science?

 

[STDiva]

Soap.

Penicillin

The Wheel

The Fleshlight

The Internet

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

I could have listed a shitload: Light. Phone. Automobile. Airplane. Skyscrapers. Firearms. Nuclear weapons. The list goes on. The wheel is the most crucial of all time. :2 cents:

 

[Fairchild]

Beer.

Seriously though, since the weel and fire are allready mentioned, I´m gonna have to go with agriculture.

 

[Jagger69]

It would have to be a very basic invention in order to qualify since many ensuing inventions would have been impossible without things like the lever, screw, gear etc so my answer would concur with those who said the wheel.

 

[Magnet]

shoes!

Clothing!

and last but not least

Toe nail clippers

 

[MattOnes]

Electricity Sit and just thing how much we take it for granted

 

[Friday on my mind]

I could have listed a shitload: Light. Phone. Automobile. Airplane. Skyscrapers. Firearms. Nuclear weapons. The list goes on. The wheel is the most crucial of all time. :2 cents:

Nuclear weapons is a maybe somewhat controversial choice as a "greatest invention".While I do see maybe some benefits to there existence,like they might actually have prevented major wars as that would mean a nuclear holocaust and most people (maybe all) being killed,so due to that everyone has restrained themselves but only barely at times.They also mean mankind has the power to destroy itself and we all know from history that such power almost will ineviatably be used at some point as long as they exist.
And I have to say that while technology and invention has vastly improved our lives it all has a down side in the way we have managed it.Technology and invention have allowed us to grow the population immensly while increasing the impact humans have on the planet.Technology is great except if it ends up killing most of us and threating our existence on the planet.Maybe we are too smart for our own good sometimes or in aother words not advanced enough to have such technologies without the wisdom to manage them.

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

Nuclear weapons is a maybe somewhat controversial choice as a "greatest invention".While I do see maybe some benefits to there existence,like they might actually have prevented major wars as that would mean a nuclear holocaust and most people (maybe all) being killed,so due to that everyone has restrained themselves but only barely at times.They also mean mankind has the power to destroy itself and we all know from history that such power almost will ineviatably be used at some point as long as they exist.
And I have to say that while technology and invention has vastly improved our lives it all has a down side in the way we have managed it.Technology and invention have allowed us to grow the population immensly while increasing the impact humans have on the planet.Technology is great except if it ends up killing most of us and threating our existence on the planet.Maybe we are too smart for our own good sometimes or in aother words not advanced enough to have such technologies without the wisdom to manage them.

You have to admit that Oppenheimer was a genius though. It is quite a controverial "greatest" invention. On one level, yeah, it's brilliant, but on another they are almost a necesary evil. If America didn't have like, 3,000 nukes (imagine if we didn't have any), the tyrants of the globe would probably have taken us out a long time ago. Islam (Pakistan) now has the bomb, so who the hell knows what we will see in the 21st? I think nuclear war will happen. It would not surprise me at all. Nevertheless, I think you could argue a case for nukes being the greatest invention. :dunno:

 

[kristoflaw10]

Writing... the ability to document thought and detail environments of 'the time...

 

[Spleen]

Really the greatest invention is medical... Immunization and antibiotics. We can live without a lot of the shit you guys have mentioned, but this is keeping us alive.

 

[BlueBalls]

Antibiotics/Antiseptics has to be up there.

Refrigeration, maybe?
Proper treatment and disposal of Sewage.

 

[Hartell]

sounds good so far.
To those I'll add:
the remote
the toilet
ac

 

[Elwood70]

Sunglasses.

 

[NAMOR]

Beer

 

[thebear247]

the greatest invention sorry guys is woman i mean without them what would we have besides more money . we wouldnt have freeones either

 

[kristoflaw10]

Writing... the ability to document thought and detail environments of 'the time...

the greatest invention sorry guys is woman i mean without them what would we have besides more money . we wouldnt have freeones either

Ooga booga... :boobies: :yesyes: :grunt::grunt:

 

[Legzman]

the wheel yes and fire of course both have already been mentioned. But when was the wheel invented anyway???

 

[Shindekudasai]

It's hard to say which "invention" is the greatest. I think, you'd have to start with defining the term "great invention" first, as Friday on my mind kinda pointed out.

Writing... the ability to document thought and detail environments of 'the time...

That's definitely a really good one. :thumbsup:

I'd say you have to start with an invention, that made all the other inventions after it or even the process of inventing possible.
So I'd probably go with the division of labor as one of the most important if not the "most important" invention. But also documentation/writing, time, currency/money and god (or whatever name you may call him/her/it).

As for the "greatest" invention, I'd probably go with... rump steak. Or porn. Or maybe Lasagne....

 

[thinger]

Duh... sliced bread, obviously.