Greatest discovery of mankind

Greatest discovery in the history of mankind?

not sure. What is it?

Nate said:

Greatest discovery in the history of mankind?

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The open ended question.

Guys, give me time to post the poll...

I voted "other". Dunno if it is actually a "discovery", but I always figured that the written language was the greatest invention, creation, whatever of mankind. Imagine, being able to pass down knowledge from one generation to the next, and having the next generation build upon that knowledge. If it wasn't for written language, we wouldn't have recipes to brew beer, and would have to figure out fermentation and ect. all over from one generation to the next. But, I know that fermentation works, that it can be used to make beer, and that there are tried and true recipes out there just waiting for me to brew and possibly tweak upon, all thanks to the written language.

Allan

yeah, language is more of an invention than a discovery. perhaps the discovery that we could use our tongues?

Fire.

I lived in Wisconsin once. Warmth roolz.

At this point,beer(fermentation) and fire are tied............. how appropriate .
Cheers

I'm Canadian.





Uh, that means fire is the greatest ever. It's cold here. Beer freezes.

The Bic Biro

bj's..............

Lesbians.

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Or internet porn.

women, but I guess that is a chicken and egg thing isn't it.

Wow, fermentation has pulled well ahead of both electricity and the wheel. That speaks volumes about the population of this forum!!

todd_k said:

bj's..............

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You crack me up (but I tend to agree).

Flight. So many positive uses and we wouldn't have an Air Force without it.

Pleated miniskirts.

One of my anthro profs held that toilet paper was the greatest of human inventions...followed closely by Scotch.

RayPratt said:

One of my anthro profs held that toilet paper was the greatest of human inventions...followed closely by Scotch.

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Welcome Ray, Nice to see you have finally joined us.

Women who like to share *****.

I voted fire...but I really mean gunpowder (arguably also the worst invention ever). A close second was aviation. Gunpowder and aviation combined are a match made in heaven.

Oh yeah, definitely flight. God do I love it.

I'd say the transistor has to rank in the top ten. But then again...

Electricity. Without it I wouldn't have a job.