In a tribute to man's ingenuity or maybe his folly...
What were the top 10 greatest inventions ever created, in your opinion? Or just list however many you would like to.
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A flushing toilet.
Toothpaste.
Sanitary napkins.
The post it note.
(If anyone says the iPhone, I say we all gang up and give them a sound thrashing.)
The question before the details is my favorite invention.
j/k :)
I vote for pudding.
airplane
antibiotics
vaccines
automobile
space shuttle
computers
internet
television
telephone
guns
These choices were off of the top of my head….chosen b/c they spawned many other inventions/creations and b/c they have had such a huge impact on so many lives….
In no particular order:
Electric Lighting
Microwave
Airplane
Computer
Air Conditioning
Any medical advance/technology
@augustian Good one! Electricity.
An obvious one that I forgot!
I know that my Leatherman Wave and (sorry, syz) my iPhone are the two handiest things I have ever owned. I gotta vote for electricity, the wheel, and the printing press, though.
Chocolate
Ice Cream
Wireless
Memory Foam Mattress Pads
Purses
Deodorant
Cell Phones (notice, this is just in general, not the Iphone inparticular… I wouldn’t wanna be ganged up on and be soundly thrashed by the collective, lol)
Take-out
Cashmere
Gelatto
Ipods (or any other mp3 device)
Bottled water
Scientific graphing calculator
Therapy
I think we did this before. I said scissors. I love scissors.
For Greatest I choose farming. For Greatest Impact I say religion.
flat screen tv’s
Honda crv’s
ready made bacon
208 oz water dispenser for dogs
paper anything
birth control
straws
drive thru everything’s
God.
The refrigerator (and its cousin, the air conditioner).
SCUBA.
Paper.
The internal combustion engine.
Eyeglasses.
The pencil.
Band-aids.
Scotch tape.
The microwave oven.
I agree with language, farming, soap, antibiotics, and the Internet.
I’d also like to add fire, metallurgy, intentional fermentation, the heddle (an advance that made weaving easier), writing (which is not the same as language), the vacuum seal, lenses, animal domestication, and radio.
Excellent choices everyone. Thanks for all the terrific input.
1. silicon chip
2. electricity
3. telephone
4. antibiotics
5. laser
6. vaccination
7. Eye glasses
8. Computers
9. moveable type
10. Breakdown of the DNA strand
Bonus 11. Nacho Cheese
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