• This is a political forum that is non-biased/non-partisan and treats every person's position on topics equally. This debate forum is not aligned to any political party. In today's politics, many ideas are split between and even within all the political parties. Often we find ourselves agreeing on one platform but some topics break our mold. We are here to discuss them in a civil political debate. If this is your first visit to our political forums, be sure to check out the RULES. Registering for debate politics is necessary before posting. Register today to participate - it's free!

Invention

What is the greatest human invention/discovery


  • Total voters
    26
I voted "fire" as it's the best on the list.

Being able to convince a bunch of homicidal meat loving apes to cooperate and work together, that's humanity's greatness.
 
None of the above. Language is the greatest invention.
 
i wouldn't really class language as an invention, it's more of a evolutionary thing

Whoever the first person was to associate a word with an object or concept invented that word, so I disagree with you.
 
Whoever the first person was to associate a word with an object or concept invented that word, so I disagree with you.

i suppose in that sense it is, but communication is an evolutionary thing
 
From the list, Fire. It enabled cooking which enabled greater protein intake, which increased energy enabled brain growth, and language. The rest is history!
 
Symbolic representation. (language, writing, arithmetic)

I agree with that. It enables abstract thinking, which is fundamental to any sort of human advancement and technology.

However, if you want to go with whats on the list, I think it is fire. Technology builds on itself and new advances to not invalidate old ones. Without fire, we would do without a lot of things.
 
Newsflash,...

Fire was not invnted.... (note our Sun for example)

Fire (like, water, ice and shiny rocks) falls under the category of "discovery."
 
Newsflash,...

Fire was not invnted.... (note our Sun for example)

Fire (like, water, ice and shiny rocks) falls under the category of "discovery."

The sun is a nuclear reactor, not fire.
 
The sun is a nuclear reactor, not fire.

chuz-life-albums-junk-drawer-picture1289-same-ol-sun.jpg


Oh my God, the sun!

What's that?

"It's a fire-y ball in the middle of the universe but that's not important right now"

--Airplane 2
 
The printing press, which made it possible for literacy to become widespread and for information to be shared beyond the face to face level.
 
Air conditioning is my favorite invention.
 
The sun is a nuclear reactor, not fire.

The sun is a mass of incandescent gas...a gigantic nuclear furnace...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbgul1NpEA8"]YouTube- They Might Be Giants "Why Does the Sun Shine?"[/ame]

There really is a They Might Be Giants song for every occasion.
 
chuz-life-albums-junk-drawer-picture1289-same-ol-sun.jpg


Oh my God, the sun!

What's that?

"It's a fire-y ball in the middle of the universe but that's not important right now"

--Airplane 2

Its not in the middle of the universe, or even our galaxy.
 
Not everyone enjoys science. ;)

Personally, I am glad the sun isn't in the middle of our galaxy, since that would make us die. Its nasty over there.

My guess is that if the big bang did happen, than the universe does have a middle (but if space and time stretch, it may not be in the geographical center), but I have no idea what the environment there might be like. It might be empty space since the big bang blew the load.
 
Personally, I am glad the sun isn't in the middle of our galaxy, since that would make us die. Its nasty over there.

The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
A gigantic nuclear furnace
where hydrogen is built into helium
at a temperature of millions of degrees

The sun is hot

It is so hot that everything on it is a gas
Iron
Copper
Aluminum
and many others

Science with a ska beat!
 
Science with a ska beat!

Ewww. Ska. My first girlfriend tried to get me into that stuff. I certainly wouldn't put that on the list of mankind's greatest inventions.

I prefer industrial with ultra heavy beats, germanic accents, and the sounds of stuff being broken. It makes me feel ready to take on the world.
 
Ewww. Ska. My first girlfriend tried to get me into that stuff. I certainly wouldn't put that on the list of mankind's greatest inventions.

I prefer industrial with ultra heavy beats, germanic accents, and the sounds of stuff being broken. It makes me feel ready to take on the world.

There is nothing better on Monday morning than a rocking brass section.
 
There is nothing better on Monday morning than a rocking brass section.

To each their own. My wife hates the music I listen to. She tells me she cannot understand why I would enjoy listening to what sounds like people banging on pots and pans. :rofl
 
Back
Top Bottom