Anything from the hand-axe to the quantum computer.
You mean apart from The Wheel, Electricity an the Internet? My "silly answer" is my MP3 player. If you had told me when I was young that you wound be able to fit all my 300 records (both sides) on something as small as a matchbox AND listen to them. I would have thought you were insane in the membrane. BIg Brighton Love Andy x
Yes, after reading some posts, I'm going with language and writing.
Religion - what a scam.
I despise religions and religious people, but it certainly has worked out well for them considering history and current state of affairs around the world.
I was going to say this too. Albeit it had a silver lining. Before Freud opened us up to analyzing our human condition, religion as a device served it’s purpose pretty well of keeping the human condition in check. Sometimes our inventions backfire for the worse (heck we’re just seeing this now with YouTube).
The Fleshlight, obviously.
Maxwell's Equations on Electro-Magnetism!
That & toilet paper/indoor plumbing!
Were those invented or discovered?
@indirect76 Maybe a fine line, there. He worked them out until they fit, tough call!