The invention that had the greatest impact to humanity?
2006-12-17 16:39:57 · 29 answers · asked by Amazo 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Money. With it everything else flourished.... including all other inventions.
2006-12-18 12:45:01 · answer #1 · answered by Michael A 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Greatest impact: the idea of agriculture. I'm not sure that is truly an "invention," though, so much as an innovation.
A candidate: Glass, which allowed us to see the planets and stars for what they are and to understand our place in the universe; and which allowed us to see microscopically and thus eventually enabled us to control infectious disease.
Another candidate: Printing press - enabled mass communication without social power.
2006-12-17 16:57:55 · answer #2 · answered by zilmag 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some great answers going on here! I agree - electricity and fire are the major discoveries. The wheel is the original super-invention. The computer, teemed with the internet is an amazing tool - but for us 'wealthy westeners' primarily today. Not to many villagers in Indonesia using it.
I put my vote in for the television - it shrank the world down to pictures, so people where no longer isolated in what they saw of the world. It allowed for people to decide on a different course of action other than the one their parents and/or environment had in store for them. And even the poorest villagers in the world can usually walk to a TV!
2006-12-17 20:01:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the computer. i mean it caused a bigger revolution than the industrial revolution. it changed the world. in just 50 years we have gone from having no computers to relying on a computer for almost every task we do every single day. for anyone who was born in the 80s or later does not even know how to survive without a computer. it has lead us to an exponential growth in our knowledge and an extremely increased efficency in almost everything we do.
2006-12-17 17:05:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Languages. If we never invented words, it doesn't matter if we have fire, wheels, whatever. It would be useless if we could never communicate. Just imagine never ever getting to talk...
2006-12-17 21:36:49 · answer #5 · answered by Ina 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Human beings! We are inventions of God, special ones that He loves.
Man made creation, you mean? Fire, the wheel, written language...
2006-12-17 22:30:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Spontaneous Autocatalytic Thermal Hydrovortesimals (SATHs)
2006-12-17 18:34:43 · answer #7 · answered by . 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Fire and electricity aren't inventions, but discoveries.
I will go with:
the wheel
paper
the internal combustion engine
the computer
and the jingemathizmo... oh sorry, we're not there yet.
2006-12-17 17:03:28 · answer #8 · answered by Vango 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Aspirin
2006-12-17 17:02:40 · answer #9 · answered by LadyCatherine 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The condom.Just think how many more of us and how many std infected of us there would be in the world now if it hadn't been invented.
2006-12-17 16:49:52 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋