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Top 3 inventions & discoveries? ...and why?
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1. Chlorine: As a water purifier, it has saved millions of people from death and illness.
2. The printing press: Allowed education to spread beyond the wealthy.
3. Wireless broadcasting: Paved the way for mass and instant world-wide communication.
A million possibilities. What say you?
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Calculus: Paved the way for most of the technology in the modern world. Possibly only a select few minds in all of history were capable of its invention, so it's quite fortuitous that Newton did it - we might have had to wait all the way until Einstein for it had Newton not done it.
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Originally Posted by wallinbl 
Calculus: Paved the way for most of the technology in the modern world. Possibly only a select few minds in all of history were capable of its invention, so it's quite fortuitous that Newton did it - we might have had to wait all the way until Einstein for it had Newton not done it.
Except that Leibniz is usually credited with inventing it at the same time as Newton. 
I'd have to put electricity in my top three. And whoever invented oral sex deserves at least honorable mention.
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Originally Posted by BRussell
I'd have to put electricity in my top three. And whoever invented oral sex deserves at least honorable mention.
I'm going to have to second that. 
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Originally Posted by design219
1. Chlorine: As a water purifier, it has saved millions of people from death and illness.
2. The printing press: Allowed education to spread beyond the wealthy.
3. Wireless broadcasting: Paved the way for mass and instant world-wide communication.
A million possibilities. What say you?
I'd say indoor plumbing. Ironic that the humble plumber has saved more lives than medical science.
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Originally Posted by BRussell
Except that Leibniz is usually credited with inventing it at the same time as Newton.
I'd have to put electricity in my top three. And whoever invented oral sex deserves at least honorable mention.
That'll make for an interesting prayer of thanks....
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1. The Wheel
2. Writing
3. another vote for oral sex
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Oral sex is good, but I'm not sure about top three. Top five, easily. My top three, in no particular order:
• Printing press: literacy and education suddenly become feasible for the masses
• The Internet: the entire wealth of human knowledge at your fingertips, plus instant communication with people around the world... and it's still only in its infancy
• Plastic: take a look around you, and just think about how much of your life is influenced by plastic of some sort. It's often overlooked, but it's everywhere.
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These sound like canned answers- shti, I could google those answers. What about your favorite invention- personally?
Me?
1. Qtips
2. Air Conditioning
3. Football
Why? They all make me happy.
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Originally Posted by KeriVit
1. Qtips
I sure hope you're not getting near your ears with those things.
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Originally Posted by KeriVit
1. Air Conditioning
Although I have become a slave to mine during this extended summer of heat and humidity.
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1. writing
2. the concept of zero
3. penicillin
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1 Penicillin
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3 Telephone
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1. sense of humor
2. masturbation has nothing to do with blindness
3. men are born equal (this is an invention)
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1) Wonderbra.
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I can't believe no one said Fire!
Sure it's not an invention, but the discovery of how to make fire went a long way to pulling our knuckle dragging forebears out of their monkey like ways.
So:
Fire
Wheel
and for the future: The Human Genome (thingy!)
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1. Condom
2. Abortion
3. Foster Care
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1. Tubal ligation
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I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
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1. My perfect fiance (thanks, God): she's a profoundly unique person, she's hot, and I'll love her til the day I die
1. Halo series: The better part of my later teenage years were spent playing these games
2. Gran Turismo series: The better part of my earlier teenage years were spent playing these games!
...none are inventions per se, but all have creators, and are definitely my favourites 
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Originally Posted by Dakarʒ
Controversial, I know. If you're take this post seriously, don't respond.
Orly? Well I are take that post srsly!
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Originally Posted by BRussell
I'd have to put electricity in my top three. And whoever invented oral sex deserves at least honorable mention.
Since some animals enjoy oral sex, your honorable mention probably has four legs. (Or is it on-oral-able mention?)
I have to go with:
1. Talking
2. Writing
3. Reverse Polish Notation
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Originally Posted by lpkmckenna
Since some animals enjoy oral sex, your honorable mention probably has four legs.
I'm resisting the impulse to ask you how you know that.
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Originally Posted by lpkmckenna
(Or is it on-oral-able mention?)
I'm resisting the impulse to hit you for making that joke. I laughed.
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My top three are
1) Gravity
2) Oxygen
3) Sleep
Man, had we not discovered those, live would really suck 
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Seriously? Top three discoveries:
1) Harnessing Fire
2) Electricity
3) Scientific Method
Geez, makes me feel like I'm playing Civilization here
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1. Movies
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1. Fire
2. TiVo
3. Time Machine
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Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -
Seriously? Top three discoveries:
1) Harnessing Fire
2) Electricity
3) Scientific Method
Geez, makes me feel like I'm playing Civilization here
Might wanna go for writing before that useless electricity stuff then. Great Library and all that.
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Originally Posted by Doofy
Might wanna go for writing before that useless electricity stuff then. Great Library and all that.
Or maybe even Pottery. Before CivIV you couldnt get a civilization going without it
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