I disagree, because there were a lot of things invented in the 1800s as well. There are new things invented every century, so I think it's a fair comparison. What about a cure for AIDS? What about all the questionable inventions like vaccines and lossy compression? Vaccines are questionable because they've caused some problems and it can't be conclusively proven that they have prevented more deaths than problems they have caused. Also, people may have been suffering from a reverse placebo effect meaning the vaccines may have been unnecessary because something else harmful was being done to human bodies. I think that before vaccines came out, there should've been more studies looking into alternatives as well as trying to find the roots of certain problems and eliminating them if possible.
I'm always amazed that you somehow find new ways to top already stupid posts. :thumbsup::thumbsup: for your trolling.
Anyway, to rebut some of your post (which is frankly a waste of time, but what isn't around here?):
1) Cure for AIDS? How easy do you think molecular biology is? I do this kind of stuff on a daily basis. It isn't easy. Hell, even if you know exactly how something works (eg, each step involved in the HIV infection process), you still need the other half, which is finding molecules which can disrupt that life-cycle without killing people at the same time. Again, not a very easy thing to do.
2) Vaccines? Really? You're going to go there? Millions of people were crippled or killed by childhood diseases like measles and polio before those vaccinations were invented. How many have died from vaccinations? Please be specific, because I HIGHLY doubt it would be even close to the number of lives destroyed in a single year from one of the above diseases before the advent of vaccines.
3) What is a "reverse placebo effect"? Please provide real, scientific documentation. How can a 2 year old not get measles by some sort of placebo effect? They surely get sick, just not measles. They have no idea what exactly those shots are preventing.
4) What do you think a vaccine is doing? It's treating the root of the problem by preventing it in the first place.