Greatest Invention/discovery for mankind

[Jon]

In your opinion, what is the greatest invention/discovery for ALL mankind and why?


My vote goes to sterilizing canned food. The first was steam or heat but the reason it gets my vote is thise living in arid climates can live at an oasis or dig a well. This gets them water but their soil provides no crops or grazing for cattle (on a large scale.) Once the need for water is resolve, the second need is food. No refrigeration means the only other source od preservation was huge amounts of salt. this causes a greater need for water and limits food supply. Along comes sterilizing canned food and no fridge needed, a greater variety of food and limited spoilage was a great assist to the impoverished even in temperate climates.



Your turn!!

[Jean]

book-printing

[agrabin]

Undoubtedly. without question, unequivocally and with no fear of contradiction --

SOFT toilet tissue

[BeDaN]

S O A P. If we wouldn't have had it we'd all be swimming in black plague corpses.

[Daghain]

The polio vaccine.

[TLC]

i was thinking vaccines as well.

[valtr0n]

Glass.

[Armand St Pierre]

I'll take religion for $500 Alex.

Look what it's done so far.

[Aesculapius]

The urge to talk.

[Brice]

mathematics

[jayson]

The urge to talk.

Definitely agree. The urge to speak and the development of language is responsible for much of what has come after.

[Poisonbat]

Electricity

[Jon]

The urge to talk.

Wow

I had not considered that!

[Girlystevedave]

S O A P. If we wouldn't have had it we'd all be swimming in black plague corpses.

I've always thought the same thing.

And I want to add:
Clean running water
Ability to create music

[bangoskank1]

I'm thinkin the little diagram that shows you which way to put batteries in somethin...just sayin.

[leaveittobeezer]

Condoms, otherwise i might have something like 15 sisters instead of just 4

[Aesculapius]

The urge to talk.

Wow

I had not considered that!

For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals
Then something happenend, which unleashed the power of our imagination
We learned to talk...

...
...

It doesn't have to be like this
All we need to do is make sure we keep talking

-Floyd


Electricity is a good one, however, we (us humans) already carried around a form of electricity in our minds long before it was ever "invented".

[Poisonbat]

Another great invention, written language. Without it we could not read, and that would bum me out.

[Brice]

sex

[Jean]

sex

who invented it, and when?

(don't try to claim the copyright! I know for a fact it was done before you!)

[Brice]

Well, since I can't claim the copywrite I'll only point out that the thread is for discoveries too. It's been discovered (and rediscovered) by nearly all of us. It was however mostly a tongue-in-cheek statement.

[Jon]

It was however mostly a tongue-in-cheek statement.

There IS a sexual joke here!! I'll spare you all ,though!

[Brice]

It was however mostly a tongue-in-cheek statement.

There IS a sexual joke here!! I'll spare you all ,though!

Due to my initial response on the subject, that response was very much intentional.

[Jon]

It was however mostly a tongue-in-cheek statement.

There IS a sexual joke here!! I'll spare you all ,though!

Due to my initial response on the subject, that response was very much intentional.

I'll need pictures as proof ,sir.

[ManOfWesternesse]

Out of the blue, my daughter said yesterday ".... the dish-washer is the best thing ever invented!" - so there you go!