What is the one invention that has had the greatest impact on humanity?
By tarachand
@tarachand (3895)
India
8 responses
@tarachand (3895)
• India
27 Jan 07
But could Bell have invented so many things so easliy if he did not have a basic education? And education meant knwoing to read and write. Thanks for your response!
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
27 Jan 07
Hi. I think that computers has had the greatest impact thus far. Technology in the cyberspace world seems to be booming bigger than ever. Computers are taking over jobs and being used in many idustries. alot of people now used computers to perform their jobs.
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@tarachand (3895)
• India
27 Jan 07
But then could you have a computer if there was no writing? Thanks for your response!
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@mythmoh (3984)
• United States
27 Jan 07
how writing emerged.i think the root cause for that will be language development.if you develop a language then only it will be possible for speaking it and writing it.with language only you can communicate.so can we tell the development of language as the one which has greatest impact?
@tarachand (3895)
• India
27 Jan 07
Agreed, but then if there were no writing, messages would have corrupted to such a large extent as they travlled by word of mouth that ultimately the original one would be totally lost within a few retellings. writing ensured that the distotions were limited.
Even animals communicate in a number of ways and are known to have some complex forms of language.
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@smuggeridge (2148)
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27 Jan 07
internal combustion engine. where would we be if that had never been invented?. Top of my list probably has to be electricity for it was elctricity that kick started the technology revolution of the last few hundred years
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@tarachand (3895)
• India
27 Jan 07
Ah, but where would the car be, if the art of writing had not been developed? And by writing I mean drawing too, because that was what the original writing was, pcitures to delievr, record information. Could the car be maass produced without the drawings and the plant instructions? Thanks for your rsposne!
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@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
6 Feb 07
I think the computer and the television could be one of the greatest inventions that have impact on humanity.
