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Topic started on 22-5-2008 @ 02:00 AM by pause4thought

The World's Best and Worst Ideas and Inventions - Ever


news.bbc.co.uk
Reality TV and bomb 'worst ideas'

Reality TV was voted worst idea of all time by a fifth of respondents
Reality TV is rated as the second worst idea of all time behind the atom bomb, according to a survey.

They were followed by capital punishment, plastic bags and credit cards in the survey of more than 1,000 readers of the 24 Hour Museum website.

The wheel was voted the best idea followed by the internet while Leonardo da Vinci was rated as the historical figure responsible for the best idea
(visit the link for the full news article)


reply posted on 22-5-2008 @ 11:02 AM by pause4thought
reply to post by josephine


You're not kidding. I've been to parts of the world where those things are hard to find, and it's an affront to civilization, not to mention the olfactory system.

Mind you newspaper scraps can lessen the tedium...



reply to post by ThichHeaded


I can never figure out how many people watch because they're enthralled and how many just get a kick out of the cringe factor.



reply to post by Zeus187


Thanks for ramping up the intellectual stakes. At the same time I reckon there is huge potential even in tongue-in-cheek contributions for us to analyse the human condition.

And by the way, I hope you have a darned good legal team.



For what it's worth, here are my musings:

Worst Invention: landmines / MacDonalds

Worst Idea: oppression / advertising

Worst Inventor: Hitler

Most Damaging Discovery: alcohol / drugs

Best Invention: the printing press / fingerprinting

Best Idea: Reconciliation

Greatest Inventor: Nikola Tesla Click here to find out more

Most Useful Discovery: alcohol / drugs


Also, the final category in the article:

The Best Way to Preserve Ideas: prudent exploitation of alcohol / drugs

Plus one for good measure:

The Best Way to Make a Quick Buck while Damaging other People: imprudent exploitation of alcohol / drugs





[edit to spell Tesla's name the Serbian way]


[edit on 22/5/08 by pause4thought]


reply posted on 22-5-2008 @ 12:44 PM by pause4thought
reply to post by johnsky


A man after my own heart. Frankly many of the world's best inventions and ideas were Tesla's! So much so I thought on reflection I'd start a thread: www.abovetopsecret.com... Come on over and tell us what you know!

The other contributions have provided plenty of food for thought (-and controversy!)



reply to post by SystemiK


Any plans for mass-production? It's the simplest ideas that catch on (unless you're Tesla). Someone'd better get down to the patent office...


reply posted on 23-5-2008 @ 10:29 AM by themaster1
For an all time best idea i'd go with an invention from da Vinci indeed but as for a recent best one, i'd go with the one of my compatriot Rolland Moreno whom invented the micro chip card (1974). A great idea in principle but the dark side under the traits of the C.I.A came by and bought back its company via a somewhat sketchy tactic and guess what, now they all know about you: telecommunications, public telephony, finance, retail, transport, entertainment, healthcare, personal identification, information technology .... whatever.Big Brother is not a myth.
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