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Post by Geberia on Jan 13, 2006 14:09:22 GMT -5
What was, IYO, the greatest invention ever?
I would have to say the Printing Press or the wheel. Imagine life w/o books, and that was mainly how Christianity was spread - the first ever printed book was the Bible.
But then imagine life w/o a wheel. W'ed still be using horses!
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Post by Triphus (Titanian) on Jan 13, 2006 23:07:23 GMT -5
That's a really hard question because there are a lot of inventions that are vital to our living today, but i am personally biased to the "invention" (more of a discovery) of medicine. Without it we wouldn't leave near as long as we do today.
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Post by falklands on Jan 14, 2006 12:03:51 GMT -5
Well, think about how long they used to live a long time ago...over 900 years ;D
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Post by Triphus (Titanian) on Jan 14, 2006 16:07:50 GMT -5
yeah but that was before the Flood when God decided we only needed to live to 120!
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Post by falklands on Jan 14, 2006 20:05:07 GMT -5
Well, the Psalmist says "Our days are seventy" or something like that. Basically what we have today.
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Post by Triphus (Titanian) on Jan 15, 2006 10:45:55 GMT -5
yes but just like in the Bible where it says God says we can live till 120, doctors have come to find that if a human lived a perfectly healthy life one's organs could last till they were 120......pretty cool huh?
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Post by falklands on Jan 15, 2006 16:54:49 GMT -5
Well, my point was that medicine hasn't changed our lifespan so nearly as you thin. You said:
Without it people three thousand years ago lived just as long as we do today.
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Post by Triphus (Titanian) on Jan 15, 2006 17:10:54 GMT -5
no actually that's very not true........For instance in the 18th and 19th century people very rarely lived to see 60......now not only is the average life 70-75.....people who die of old age are commonly 85-90.
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Post by Geberia on Jan 16, 2006 18:49:00 GMT -5
So, we're on the rebound. Hey, I'm not against medicine being the best invention ever. It sure has chnaged people's lives!
Falk, you never told us your favorite invention!
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Post by falklands on Jan 16, 2006 20:58:10 GMT -5
Lol, that was because I couldn't think of one ;D. *thinks* Ok, maybe writing?
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Post by Geberia on Jan 17, 2006 14:57:35 GMT -5
Yeah, I'd say that was a pretty good invention!
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Post by Teckor on Jan 17, 2006 16:33:25 GMT -5
... I think that everything is just as important as the other b/c w/o one discovery, alot of other ones would be made impossible (ie: w/o the wheel, no bikes, no cars, no pulleys, no spinning wheels, likely even no gears, no ground based planes, no tanks, no trains, ...) kinda lengthy but u get my drift right?
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Post by steelsheen on Jan 28, 2006 18:03:40 GMT -5
I agree with Teckor. inventions build off each other- from internal combustion, cars!
Sliced bread is pretty cool...
Wait! Bag-valve-masks!! No more mouth to mouth for me!!!! Ooh-ooh! Another one! Defibrillators! those are SWEET!!!
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Post by falklands on Jan 31, 2006 11:39:12 GMT -5
Ferraris are the greatest inventions known to man.
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Post by Teckor on Feb 1, 2006 17:47:21 GMT -5
ferraris?  isn't that a car type? |
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Post by falklands on Feb 1, 2006 17:53:28 GMT -5
These people don't get the good ol' dry English humour... ;D
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Post by steelsheen on Feb 10, 2006 22:08:00 GMT -5
I got it. Just didn't find it all that funny.
Nobody got the 'sliced bread', did they?
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Post by falklands on Feb 11, 2006 13:43:58 GMT -5
I got it. Just didn't find it all that funny. Well, of course you got it. But it wasn't intended to make anyone laugh out loud. Perhaps it would have more effect in the medium of Mr. Bennet. But then, he would be out of his time, talking about Ferraris, eh? |
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Post by gynovia on Feb 11, 2006 15:33:27 GMT -5
okay, but what is a ferraris then? - a car?
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Post by heartofgold on Feb 11, 2006 23:28:46 GMT -5
Yes, its a car. I would definitely agree with you Falklands. Ahhhhhhh yes... what would life be like without Ferraris?
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Post by steelsheen on Feb 12, 2006 15:17:28 GMT -5
Cheaper.
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Post by falklands on Feb 13, 2006 13:55:49 GMT -5
...And so much duller.
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Post by gynovia on Feb 13, 2006 15:46:48 GMT -5
well, i guess i can live without a ferraris... (seeing as that i didn't know what it was in the first place ;D )
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Post by falklands on Feb 13, 2006 17:54:32 GMT -5
What a dull existence you must have led...even LOOKING at Ferraris is enough to touch the soul...
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isn't that a car type?
