Most signifigant invention?

[J0hnny]

Originally posted by: elektrolokomotive

Originally posted by: J Heartless Slick

Originally posted by: J0hnny
Fire

We didn't invent fire, we merely learned how to harness it.

Wait a minute... i'd have to go and withdraw that from my patent application.

 

[Queasy]

The television

 

[shuan24]

nuclear energy

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: pulse8
Flow-bee

Grrr. Thanks for bringing it up. 1972. Me. 2nd grade. Making pinwheels in class. See the pretty pinwheels? With a vacuum cleaner and the air being sucked through, the pinwheels spun.

Me: "Hey, if they could make pinwheels out or razors, they can put them in the tube, suck up your hair, and cut your hair all to the same length.

Teacher: "Don't be silly, Thomas."

Stupid teacher.... I could have been a 10 year old millionairre.

 

[DeMeo]

beer cans and velcro

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: JasonSix78
Indoor plumbing.

-Jason

close to that would be toilet paper.

Electricity ranks up there.Especially with the light bulb,that uses the electricity.

 

[konakona]

Internets by Al Gore

 

[Crono]

paper

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Beer

 

[Mathlete]

1. The sun
2. Gravity
3. Sliced bread
4. Dental dam

 

[Sluggo]

After reading that thread about toilet habits in India and other countries, I am going to have to go with..

TP

 

[Maetryx]

Originally posted by: NissanGurl
Movable type printing press [/thread]

The Discovery Channel or The Learning Channel (or maybe it was PBS) picked the inventor of the printing press (Gutenburg sp?) as the most influential person of the last millenium. So I concur.

 

[radioouman]

spyware

 

[Twofootputt]

For the 2000 year old man fans:

The nectarine: Half a peach, half a plum.

 

[JoeKing]

the toliet

 

[Fritzo]

That stretchy rubber gel stuff they make those vibro-ginas out of :shocked:

MAN that's good stuff!

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: pulse8
Flow-bee

Grrr. Thanks for bringing it up. 1972. Me. 2nd grade. Making pinwheels in class. See the pretty pinwheels? With a vacuum cleaner and the air being sucked through, the pinwheels spun.

Me: "Hey, if they could make pinwheels out or razors, they can put them in the tube, suck up your hair, and cut your hair all to the same length.

Teacher: "Don't be silly, Thomas."

Stupid teacher.... I could have been a 10 year old millionairre.

Doh! Like that Simpsons episode where Lisa thinks for herself at school and the free thought alarm goes off :laugh:

 

The printing press, bottom line.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: SampSon
The printing press, bottom line.

Ya. I was going to say Steam Power or Internal Combustion Engine, but it was the Printing Press that caused the explosion and dissemination of Knowledge that eventually lead to both and much more.

 

[chrisms]

As far as modern advancements go (I think it would be pointless to argue the basics such as fire, the wheel, etc.) I thought Donnie Darko raised an interesting one-I forget what it was specifically, but it had to do with medical sanitation. Without that I think a lot of us would be screwed. And anesthesia, god what hell most of us would have experienced without that.

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: Gurck

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: pulse8
Flow-bee

Grrr. Thanks for bringing it up. 1972. Me. 2nd grade. Making pinwheels in class. See the pretty pinwheels? With a vacuum cleaner and the air being sucked through, the pinwheels spun.

Me: "Hey, if they could make pinwheels out or razors, they can put them in the tube, suck up your hair, and cut your hair all to the same length.

Teacher: "Don't be silly, Thomas."

Stupid teacher.... I could have been a 10 year old millionairre.

Doh! Like that Simpsons episode where Lisa thinks for herself at school and the free thought alarm goes off :laugh:

I TOLD YOU WE SHOULDN'T HAVE PUT COLORED CHAULK IN THE CLASSROOMS!

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

Religion. I'd say that's the most significant "invention" to 6+ billion people.

 

[apologetic]

Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
Athiesm. I'd say that's the most significant "invention" to 6+ billion people.

Fixed 😉

 

[TWills]

The kitchen match

 

[Tom]

seeds.