Most significant event of all history?

[CarpeDeo]

In your opinion, what would you say is the single most significant event of all human history?

 

[virtuamike]

Discovering fire.

 

[Ryan]

My conception (pretty significant in my life ).

 

[amol]

bipedalism

 

[yhelothar]

Birth of Edison.
I think all other advancements are pretty much evolutional.
Edison revolutionized the world.

 

[ElFenix]

an event?

fall of the roman empire

 

[Gooose]

the big bang

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: Gooose
the big bang

wow, the first humans must have gotten a KICK OUTTA THAT!!

 

[Gooose]

Originally posted by: Amol

Originally posted by: Gooose
the big bang

wow, the first humans must have gotten a KICK OUTTA THAT!!

wasnt for that - there WOULDNT be any humans

 

[TallBill]

Fall of the Roman empire.. I was actually thinking that before opening the thread. I think that if they didn't fall, quite a few countries would be different today.

 

[Dragnov]

I'll go w/ the birth of Jesus.

And no, I'm not religious.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Dragnov
I'll go w/ the birth of Jesus.

And no, I'm not religious.

Well that event didn't even happen to 50% of anandtech users.

 

[Zugzwang152]

I'm going to say the creation of the United States. Everything in the past 200 years would be different without America as a free nation and a world superpower.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: Dragnov
I'll go w/ the birth of Jesus.

And no, I'm not religious.

Well that event didn't even happen to 50% of anandtech users.

I don't doubt it happened, but I don't think he was the man the bible portrays him as.

 

[Dragnov]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: Dragnov
I'll go w/ the birth of Jesus.

And no, I'm not religious.

Well that event didn't even happen to 50% of anandtech users.

Well then, can I say.. the supposed birth of Jesus? Either way it was a significant "event".

Anyways, correct me if I'm wrong here, I thought it was a generally accepted amongst historians that there was a Jesus. It's whether all the events and if he was the son of God or what not is disputed. Again, correct me if I'm wrong here.

Edit: And the fall of the Roman Empire can be attributed to Christianity, as well as can the creation of the U.S.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: Dragnov

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: Dragnov
I'll go w/ the birth of Jesus.

And no, I'm not religious.

Well that event didn't even happen to 50% of anandtech users.

Well then, can I say.. the supposed birth of Jesus? Either way it was a significant "event".

Anyways, correct me if I'm wrong here, I thought it was a generally accepted amongst historians that there was a Jesus. It's whether all the events and if he was the son of God or what not is disputed. Again, correct me if I'm wrong here.

That's my understanding as well.

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

The big bang?

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
I'm going to say the creation of the United States. Everything in the past 200 years would be different without America as a free nation and a world superpower.

200 years is a pretty tiny sliver of the "modern world". And for those that will argue that the Roman Empire was a tiny sliver of history, we dont really have that much recorded history. Probably like 99% of the history that we know is only 5000 years old or less.

And I havn't seen anyone named Jesus in any history books yet.

 

[Corporate Thug]

birth of jesus

 

[Siddhartha]

The 14th century Bubonic Plague

 

[WyteWatt]

When the aliens took away our powers.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: imtim83
When the aliens took away our powers.

Toaster noodle iron wedgie podium peter sulfer free circle face bag!

 

[Eli]

The big bang?

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: Eli
The big bang?

Porn??

 

[miniMUNCH]

Aside from religious events...

1. penicillin
2. Integrated curcuit technology
3. steam engine
4. printing press
5. invention/discovery of Calculus