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#1 Jul 03 2004 at 3:11 PM Rating: Excellent
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I say the plow. What do you think?
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Movable Type or the Transistor.
#3 Jul 03 2004 at 3:40 PM Rating: Default
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Farming.
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#4 Jul 03 2004 at 3:49 PM Rating: Excellent
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Yeah plow goes along with farming. I guess farming would be the root of it, basically allowing a nomadic creature to stay in one place rather than move about to hunt and gather. This, esentially leads to civilization because of trade, specialization, and further innovation. I was wondering what people thought because I watched "Donnie Darko" again, and somewhere in the movie the main character says the most important invention is antiseptics.
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The inclined plane
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#6 Jul 03 2004 at 4:03 PM Rating: Excellent
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I should have added "and why" to the subject Smiley: disappointed
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The inclined plane


Yeah, that's a plow. And a *****. And so on. Can't imagine it took much inventing though.
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#8 Jul 03 2004 at 4:14 PM Rating: Decent
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Smahs you live in a pretty ****** up universe if a ***** is an incline plane.
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The ***** is indeed an inclined plane.

#10 Jul 03 2004 at 4:17 PM Rating: Decent
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Please explain. Im listening. I must have slept through that day of physical science.

Unless you are just going to tell me that the thread of the ***** is an incline plane. Which doesnt exactly mean that the ***** is an incline plane, rather it just doesnt work without the invention of the incline plane

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#11 Jul 03 2004 at 4:21 PM Rating: Good
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Well it's an inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder.

Sometimes I've seen the "wedge" and the "*****" classified as separate simple machines from the inclined plane, and sometimes I've seen them classified as merely extensions of it.
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A ***** is just a curved incline plane.
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#13 Jul 03 2004 at 4:48 PM Rating: Decent
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I gotta go with the lightblub or turbine engine.
#14 Jul 03 2004 at 4:51 PM Rating: Decent
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Any of the simple machines has a very valid argument and this thread could go on forever, but my opinion would be the printing press.

Mass production of ideas to be widespread for the world to consume.
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Any of the simple machines has a very valid argument and this thread could go on forever, but my opinion would be the printing press.


I think writing itself probably takes precedent over the printing press as far as great inventions go.
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#16 Jul 03 2004 at 5:09 PM Rating: Good
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Maybe we need two threads. One for tangible inventions, one for intangible inventions/concepts/procedures.
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Anyone remember that 1st invention that spawned the creation of our modern modes of transportation (the wheel)? Or perhaps the greatest inventions of our history, the applications of the element fire?
I think these two should atleast be up there on the list, if not the top two.
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procedures.


ahh like cesarean section? For without which, Im sure at least one poster here would not be alive.
#19 Jul 03 2004 at 5:35 PM Rating: Decent
The internet.
#20 Jul 03 2004 at 5:41 PM Rating: Decent
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I would have to go with Electricity, or birth control.
#21 Jul 03 2004 at 5:49 PM Rating: Default
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If you want to talk about improving human quality of life it's probably sanitation.

Whoever said it before is probably right, it's impossible to find one "most importnat" invention.

If pressed I'd have to agree with whomever said inclined plane. Without it you don't have axes, plows, screws, etc.
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#23 Jul 03 2004 at 6:31 PM Rating: Good
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Krogsbrew the Charming wrote:
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procedures.


ahh like cesarean section? For without which, Im sure at least one poster here would not be alive.


Make that 2 posters, unless you were already talking about me. :)

What a fun procedure it is, too...
#24 Jul 03 2004 at 6:43 PM Rating: Excellent
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Sliced bread.

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Sliced bread.


I think there's a general consensus that I'm the greatest thing since then.
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#26 Jul 03 2004 at 6:54 PM Rating: Good
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Woman's virtue is man's greatest invention :P

Just thought i would pull that quote/paraphrase out of my ***.

Agriculture was already mentioned. Spoken language, inclined plane, wheel all good ones to.
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