has everything in the world already been invented that was meant to be invented?

Answer 1

not my inventions but its not ez when it cost so much just to patent. so the rich get richer cause they can wait to steal an idea and call it their own and hire lawyers to say the same, so why doesn't the patent office have a web page that prints out hard copy of ideas you send in so you can say you came up with it first and have proof printed on pages locked in the patent office so they cant say that any idea that you have sent in email was not fabricated by you hacking into a computer and changing the date you came up with the idea? oh yeah this is my idea too so maybe the government should give me a whistle blower reward for coming up with this idea! [do you think?]

Answer 2

More things are being invented all the time. But "meant to be invented" in the question makes it sound like some greater power is in control of what gets invented.

What if we invent too many things?

Antibiotics are a great thing to have discovered and invented ways of using them to cure diseases so we like that one. With bad things like nuclear bombs and Pokemon I can imagine the old man with the long white beard saying, "I didn't mean for you to invent those".

Answer 3

There was a book a few years back called "The End of History," and there are variations on that theme every few years. Of course, as soon as a book or article like that comes out, there are new developments. Of course everything hasn't been invented -- there are still diseases to cure, poor to feed, and hatred to erase. A new chemical, or gadget, or way of communicating may solve these or other problems. As long as there is trouble in the world, people will be thinking of ways to solve it, and there will be more inventions.

Answer 4

"This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us."

--Western Union internal memo, 1876.

"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out."

--Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962.

"Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value."

--Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre.

"640K ought to be enough for anybody."

-- Bill Gates, 1981


"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."

--Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949


"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."

--Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943

Answer 5

Nope - we're still working on fusion power for instance, haven't got it working yet, but the next big step has already been approved for construction in France as I recall.

Then there are all the items that we'll need to invent for colonizing the moon and Mars...

And there's the ultimate multitool cell phone/video and music player/game player/wearable computer.

So I think there's still lots that ought to be invented.

-dh

Answer 6

No we need some new people to discover something completely useless so they can market it as the most needed product ever and then we will be asking have we needed people like this to invent things?

Answer 7

Well no. Because in a couple of minutes someone will invent something new and that will be added to your list. It's a never ending circle. So no.

Answer 8

We havent been to other planets other than the moon. (even thats questionable) and last time I checked I lost my ipod again so if you can find it for me than were good and everything in my world has been invented that I need.

Answer 9

Absolutley not! I mean think about it! What could you easily invent in you're mind? Someone will invent it!

Answer 10

No way. New things are always being invented.