The Greatest Invention Ever!

I was going to say something like penicillin,but then I thought,hmm the greatest invention ever just has not yet been invented.

And when it is,it will be the FTL(Faster Than Light) engine.

Past - Beer
Present - Beer

The single greatest invention ever in the history of mankind was when he learned to create and control fire. Nothing else ever comes close to it.

The greatest invention ever ?
Clothing. Hands Down...Game over my friends.
Think about it.

Shoes


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How about the blade? Knives have played a crucial part in our survival and development. I know in a shtf moment, fire, water and a blade would be my essentials.

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Originally posted by tyranny22
Since we have some of the greatest minds on the planet frequenting our coveted AboveTopSecret boards,

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I think this is the first time I have literally done an "LOL" whilst on the internet.

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Soap. It led to aseptic technique which has led to advances in medicine.

Thinking - greatest invention was when we learned to think.
Without thinking all other inventions could not be conceived

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the codex or as we know it to the humble book

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as is said the book

however before the book was writting to put into the book

information put down in writting

The wheel, for without it in some shape or form nothing would function.
Closely followed by man's ability to make fire.

Alcohol.
Makes everything else bearable.

My other choice would be Art and Music.
But as someone once famouslly said:

"For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication."

After due consideration I would have to say Venetian blinds,
otherwise it would be curtains for us all.

The printing press.

Before the printing press... knowledge about pretty much everything was reserved to the elites.

The scientific method, before it was even named as such.

All that we have done has come from experimentation
and learning what works and what does not.

Lying. Everyone lies.Who was the first to lie? Say something that is not true. Only men can do that - flora and fauna doesn't lie.

Originally posted by farben
Thinking - greatest invention was when we learned to think.
Without thinking all other inventions could not be conceived

Thinking isn't an invention, you cretin!


Sorry. I'm being a right auld curmudgeon tonight.

You are a cretin though...

The invention of money, value, property or worth. As this led onto greed, which has driven man (since the beginning) to explore every avenue of exploitation. By the time that ran out, we were smart enough to invent new one's for the gullible populace of the human race.

Originally posted by Romantic_Rebel
My choice is writing! With out writing we would of been no where in today's world. Books are awesome as well!

Just for fun I would like to share this link!
brainz.org...
SCIENCE!!!

The written language is my choice as well. Without the ability to communicate precise concepts to future generations, most, if not all, other inventions would have been lost over time. It's a no-brainer. Easter Island is a good example. We see the statues there, but because they had no written language, we don't know who made them, how, or why.