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boron
Mad Scientist
Canada
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 Posted - Aug 15 2008 : 11:08:34 AM
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Hello all, I was just wondering what you guys thought mankind's greatest accomplishment is to date?
Is it the Appollo program landing man on the moon? The voyager probes? Written language? The scientific method? Modern medicine?
What do you guys think? |
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wasssup1990
Nobel Prize Winner
A Land Down Under
2261 Posts |
Posted - Aug 16 2008 : 07:52:40 AM
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| Well I think putting robots on Mars was a great accomplihment. Havn't put enough thought in to say that it was the greatest accomplishment. They found water in Mars recently which was pretty cool, and the robot tasted it. |
When one person suffers from a delusion it is called insanity.
When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion. |
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pebe
Nobel Prize Winner
United Kingdom
1078 Posts |
Posted - Aug 16 2008 : 08:16:26 AM
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| Man's greatest accoumplishment? The invention of the wheel! |
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Aaron Cake
Administrator
Canada
6718 Posts |
Posted - Aug 16 2008 : 10:49:05 AM
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Opposable thumbs. Standing upright. Paris Hilton.
It's hard to say. Every accomplishment heralds the grounds for further accomplishments. No computers without transistors, and no modern world without computers. |
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boron
Mad Scientist
Canada
223 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2008 : 7:18:19 PM
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Aaron I believe those first two are more evolutions doing and not really an accomplishment. As for Paris Hilton...
You make a good point, I never looked at it that way. Discoveries do tend to have a cascading effect leading to more discoveries. |
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Aaron Cake
Administrator
Canada
6718 Posts |
Posted - Aug 18 2008 : 09:49:18 AM
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OK, maybe not Paris Hilton. 
Probably the most important modern accomplishment is either the transistor, or the integrated circuit.
Perhaps one of the most important ancient accomplishments is the use of tools. Spears, the bow and arrow, etc.
It's really hard to say. |
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chandan.ahluwalia
Apprentice
India
126 Posts |
Posted - Aug 18 2008 : 12:25:40 PM
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| What do you say about the DNA computer based on the nano technology? I know its under progress but one day, it will replace most high speed computing systems. Or at least i hope so |
Edited by - chandan.ahluwalia on Aug 18 2008 12:26:27 PM |
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Kahn
Apprentece
USA
25 Posts |
Posted - Oct 15 2008 : 09:21:03 AM
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What you have said is true, but our current technological advances have lead us toward the destruction of the environment, which will eventually destroy mankind, unless we become more environmentally friendly.
Well, at least in America. Obama, Mcain, Bush, poor leaders come in many forms. |
Spare parts means you made it better. |
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Aaron Cake
Administrator
Canada
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Posted - Oct 20 2008 : 09:50:53 AM
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| The problem is that it's almost impossible to make technological advances without effecting the environment. There will always be a period of disaster while technology catches up with ways to fix it. |
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cyclopsitis
Nobel Prize Winner
Canada
732 Posts |
Posted - Oct 30 2008 : 12:41:09 PM
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| Oh no! The title of this article is "man kind"... You better not let anyone see that or they will take us to the human rights council becaues this title is sexist! hahah. What is the world coming too? |
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pearltorto
Apprentice
United Kingdom
99 Posts |
Posted - Nov 01 2008 : 5:31:47 PM
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| on the grounds of sexism, a case would be held in the ECJ not the European Court of Human Rights |
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Aaron Cake
Administrator
Canada
6718 Posts |
Posted - Nov 02 2008 : 10:35:02 AM
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| Meh, any woman offended by that has too thin a skin. Next she'd be complaining about the term "human" and want it changed to gender neutral. |
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pearltorto
Apprentice
United Kingdom
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Posted - Nov 03 2008 : 3:45:38 PM
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| a guy could find it offensive too lol |
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Man kind's greatest accomplishement
