What is the greatest invention ever created?
I think Velcro is the best thing ever created. It's versatile and can be used in many applications. Religion is the worst thing ever created...amarite?
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The blast furnace for making steel - the whole of the industrial revolution and modern civilisation followed - so maybe its the worst.
ShadowAmicus
Level 8
May 3, 2019
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Did you just talk yourself out of that response?
@helionoftroy Dont you just hate dilemmas like this
How about vaccines? ;D
seattlepanda
Level 7
May 3, 2019
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Hey that is a good one!
duct tape?
seattlepanda
Level 7
May 3, 2019
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Silence is golden but duct tape is silver. I could think of many uses for duct tape.
Indoor plumbing!
Sticks48
Level 9
May 3, 2019
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Well, I guess. Beats shitting in the woods.
@helionoftroy That is why l don't camp. 
ha ha I hate velcro..but I can see how applications are useful, particular in clothing for the disabled...
I think Post-its are a pretty cool thing...maybe not the greatest, but pretty useful...
thinktwice
Level 8
May 3, 2019
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I use Post-its, even as book marks.
Check documentary how beer saved the world
bobwjr
Level 10
May 3, 2019
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blah beer, but if it saved the world then...nah still blah
The real advance came when Einstein figured out how to split the beer atom, thus creating bubbles in the beer!
The worst things ever invented are the lottery and cigarettes. Both are destructive. Religion is helpful and a sanctuary for some people.
Geoffrey51
Level 8
May 3, 2019
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"religion is helpful". BAAAAAAH
Penicillin.
Electricity.
LiterateHiker
Level 9
May 3, 2019
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I can see penicillin at the time but it's become over prescribed and we have developed an immunity to its effects. Electricity has many uses.
The discovery of penicillin during WWII saved millions of lives and led the way to developing other medicines.
You're right: penicillin was over-prescribed, primarily because there were few other options. Only in the last 10 years, have we learned about antibiotic resistance.
My mother was allergic to penicillin from taking it too often in her 20s and 30s.
Flushing toilet
Geoffrey51
Level 8
May 3, 2019
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hmmmm ok, a composting toilet works just as well.
@helionoftroy not if you’re on the fifth floor of an apartment block. Causes a few H&S problems!
@Geoffrey51 I have to agree with that.
Contraceptive pill
Amisja
Level 8
May 3, 2019
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There's a tribe in South America that have been using a combination of natural plants as contraceptives. The pill is not new. But I like the way you think.
The printing press. Gave direct rise to the Renaissance, eventually helped fuel the industrial revolution and is a symbol of freedom and the First Amendment to republics that do not vilify the press.
Xuande
Level 7
May 3, 2019
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Copy that.
The coffee pot
chalupacabre
Level 8
May 3, 2019
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Just the coffee pot?
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