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Jutter
Philosophical Prodigy
Joined: Jul 27, 2003
Posts: 4897
Location: Den Helder, Holland
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Thu Nov 23, 2006 5:41 pm |
 
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Five from me first? Okay.
Mastering the making of fire.
Invention of the wheel.
Devolpment of agriculture.
The steam engine.
Printing. |
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JFAgnostic
The Learned
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 110
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Thu Nov 23, 2006 5:54 pm |
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Just to add another five:
Writing
The concept of "Zero"
The Market Revolution/rise of Mass Society
Oil
High speed transportation/communication |
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Skylar
Confident Learner
Joined: Jan 16, 2004
Posts: 61
Location: St. Louis, MO
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Thu Nov 23, 2006 10:56 pm |
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Klarky
Resident
Joined: Jan 13, 2004
Posts: 324
Location: FunkyTown
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Fri Nov 24, 2006 5:25 pm |
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Evolution
Contraception
with a view to the future: space travel and computing |
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JFAgnostic
The Learned
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 110
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Fri Nov 24, 2006 5:28 pm |
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Evolution
Contraception
with a view to the future: space travel and computing |
I suppose if we're going to go to Evolution, we might as well add the Big Bang. Perhaps at least the extinction of the Dinosaurs, since that allowed mammals to thrive. |
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Gerard
Grand Poster
Joined: Nov 19, 2003
Posts: 1743
Location: Groningen, the Netherlands
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:27 pm |
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Is that evolution as in the discovery of the concept or the ongoing process itself?
Gerard |
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am242
Newbie
Joined: Nov 28, 2006
Posts: 21
Location: USA
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Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:03 am |
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Calendars, Telescopes, Computers, Movable Type and the 0 |
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Dissident1
Confident Learner
Joined: Apr 29, 2006
Posts: 99
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Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:13 am |
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I have to question whether the rise of
Homo Sapiens
is a good thing or a bad thing. We aren't really good for the planet, easily deluded, and tend towards insanity.
So I am just not exactly sure what the best things are! |
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kmisho
Grand Poster
Joined: Dec 06, 2005
Posts: 1678
Location: Richmond, Virginia USA
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Thu Nov 30, 2006 1:24 pm |
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I have to question whether the rise of
Homo Sapiens
is a good thing or a bad thing. We aren't really good for the planet, easily deluded, and tend towards insanity.
So I am just not exactly sure what the best things are! |
It's certainly an open question. |
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baddogma
Grand Poster
Joined: Feb 02, 2006
Posts: 1845
Location: Colorado
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Thu Nov 30, 2006 1:34 pm |
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| Jutter wrote: |
Five from me first? Okay.
Mastering the making of fire.
Invention of the wheel.
Devolpment of agriculture.
The steam engine.
Printing. |
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I would put flint knapping over the wheel and I would question the Printing. Had we not learned to print the bible and Koran would not be around to stunt our growth.
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Moloth
Philosophical Prodigy
Joined: Aug 28, 2003
Posts: 3253
Location: Warner Robins, GA
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Thu Nov 30, 2006 2:28 pm |
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there is NO way i can narrow the list to 5... so here are some ones other may have missed:
agricultural revolution
classical civilization
logic as a system of thought
creation of the scientific method
Industrial revolution
germ theory of disease
development of the atom bomb/nuclear power
theory of relativity
invention of the silicon chip/integrated circuit/microprocessor
my birth |
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baddogma
Grand Poster
Joined: Feb 02, 2006
Posts: 1845
Location: Colorado
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Thu Nov 30, 2006 2:34 pm |
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GateWatch
Newbie
Joined: Nov 07, 2009
Posts: 10
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Sun Oct 03, 2010 2:32 pm |
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Now there's a slippery slope I'm not too sure we want to approach... 
But that leads me to these concepts;
Recognition of the differences in the sexes
Hunting and gathering
Tribal communities
Exploration
Navigation...
(I would have said discovery of "the world being round and not flat"... But, exploation covers that.)  |
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