What was the greatest invention made by man in your opinion?

[Dário F]

I would have to say spacecrafts, and the Internet which made it possible for me to meet all you fine people!

 

[kered]

Man's greatest invention was the six pack.

 

[Bugman]

The computer.It touches almost every phase of our life is someway.

 

[milagros317]

A case can be made that agriculture was the most important invention of humanity. Without it, it is not clear that we ever would have moved on from the hunter-gatherer stage.

I would classify language as an ability rather than an invention.

 

[chicago]

Fire and/or the wheel.

 

[ChosenofMystra]

The greatest invention is language.

It's through language that we are able to convey ideas sufficiently well to allow others to build on them. When Newton saw further by standing on the shoulders of giants, the ladder that let him scale the giants was language.

Without language, we would have a much greater loss of knowledge and comprehension between generations, and be unable to explore fields like ethics at all.

Well put Scared I agree wholeheartedly!

 

[isabeau]

paper...for the ability to read the spoken word.

 

[MrMacphisto]

I'm not sure about "inventions", but the best discovery I think was electricity...

 

[Bugman]

A case can be made that agriculture was the most important invention of humanity. Without it, it is not clear that we ever would have moved on from the hunter-gatherer stage.

I would classify language as an ability rather than an invention.

I would agree about language,that would not be an invention.The same could be said about fire,man did not invent it but learned how to create it by various means by observing nature.

 

[Goodieluver]

Questions like these make games like civilization worth playing

Writing\language

Without it, nothing after is possible

 

[Snail Shell]

Agriculture. The ablility to rise above the nomadic lifestyle is the basis for civlization.

Snail Shell

 

[tickledorange]

Hats.

 

[kurchatovium]

The best invention is perhaps one of the simplest and that would be the plow. The plow enabled agriculture to take place and that allowed us to stay put from our nomadic ways and that allowed us to make cities.

 

[RobAce]

Refridgeration.
It made possible the transport of goods (primarily food) across the globe possible and lower the cost for food, thus enabled more people to eat. Though starvation is still a problem, it would be worse if not for refridgeration.

Rob

 

[drew70]

The microphone, which has enabled us to capture forever voices and instruments raised in song.

 

[venray]

The telescope, which helped to bring us to the realization of just how insignificant we really are in comparison to the rest of the universe....


(my second choice would be hats......)

 

[isabeau]

the egg.....i'll leave it up to your imagination as to what type of egg i'm referring....

 

[Feathery]

I would tend to agree that the development of agriculture, tools and the ability to control fire would be the greatest overall inventions. In terms of more modern times, I would pick the microscope, as it led to the advancement of modern medicine and it's benefits.

 

[Pokey]

Fire and/or the wheel.

I happen to agree with Tg here, with the Wheel. It really got things rolling

 

[Snail Shell]

the Wheel. It really got things rolling

Ten points for Pokey for that one.

Snail Shell

 

[P[a]pi]

Haha good one, PokeyinMich.

Playstation 1, 2, 3 and beyond.

And fighting games for those consoles, including Street Fighter, KOF and Tekken.

 

[Dário F]

Some great points there guys!

 

[Goodieluver]

I happen to agree with Tg here, with the Wheel. It really got things rolling

its all about the trapezoid

 

[Bugman]

So you're implying that language was frolicking freely in the wild when man came along, stumbled over it, and decided to recreate it artificially?

I'm not buying it.

No,not my point at all.Language evolved over time,and continues to do so.The point of the thread i think is what has mankind created with his hands that has changed the course of the world.

 

[BLUE_THUNDER]

for me its a toss up between the Ford Mustang and the Fender Stratocaster.....