Greatest invention in history?

[sportage]

The wheel? The cell phone? Electricity?
Well I guess electricity was not exactly an invention.

I've come to realize what was the greatest invention in history.
The greatest benefit to man kind.
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The Chair.

Just as little food for thought....

 

[gorcorps]

pizza

and beer

 

[edro]

Language

 

[purbeast0]

on a serious note, i'd have to say the airplane.

 

[twinrider1]

Where do you place the concept of zero in particular, and math in general? Is it an invention or an inevitable discovery?

For a physical invention, I'd probably go with Otto for the 4-stroke engine or Bessemer for the Bessemer Process.

 

[gorcorps]

on a serious note, i'd have to say the airplane.

yeah... an airplane you can bring pizza and beer on

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Internet P0rn?

 

[NuclearNed]

bacon

I win.

 

[Painman]

Patrick Bateman

 

[Homerboy]

on a serious note, i'd have to say the airplane.

Really? And the reason being?

 

[ultimatebob]

Were Hot Chicks "invented", or did they just evolve over time?

Either way, they need to be in the running for a Top 10 list.

 

[IronWing]

Plumbing

 

[LPCTech]

Language

This. Written language. Makes ALL else possible.

 

[KeithP]

Printing press. Without question.

-KeithP

 

[MomentsofSanity]

Printing press. Without question.

-KeithP

That is what I was coming to post. Gutenberg brought information to the masses and changed the course of human history. Easy to argue it brought on the end of the middle ages.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Patrick Bateman

Sadly enough maybe so, at least as far a literary inventions are concerned.

A character that was supposed to be an example of an over commercialized and cut throat 1980's Wall Street culture today now shows us how dehumanized and fetishized modern society has become. A book that back in 1991 was very controversial wouldn't be that today, which shows how much our society has decayed.

I can't think of an American literary character that hits home in 2016 like Bateman does.

 

[Jaepheth]

Beer

 

[Stopsignhank]

Were Hot Chicks "invented", or did they just evolve over time?

Either way, they need to be in the running for a Top 10 list.

Funny, I was going to post boobs. Not sure if they were really invented, but they are very much appreciated.

 

[Zee]

wheel

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Printing press. Without question.

-KeithP

It was language that made the printing press possible. Language drives everything else, without the ability to communicate ideas we'd still be living in caves.

 

[ManyBeers]

control of fire

 

[thesmokingman]

Everyone knows it's sliced bread.

 

[vi edit]

Indoor plumbing is pretty damn nice and doesn't get it's due respect in modern society with more flashy things like smart phones, internet, cars with heated seats, cable TV and sliced bread being more interesting.

 

[Kaido]

Indoor plumbing is pretty damn nice and doesn't get it's due respect in modern society with more flashy things like smart phones, internet, cars with heated seats, cable TV and sliced bread being more interesting.

The heated seats now come with an air-conditioned option too

 

[balloonshark]

I was thinking antibiotics and vaccines but what we are doing to our planet because of overpopulation changed my mind.