Comments on: What’s the Most Important Invention? http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/03/whats-the-most-important-invention/ Ideas, innovations and discoveries from the world of science Thu, 16 May 2013 19:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Rosella A. Alm http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/03/whats-the-most-important-invention/comment-page-1/#comment-7697 Rosella A. Alm Sun, 21 Oct 2012 22:26:54 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=5970#comment-7697 I definitely think the birth control pill is the most definitive invention of the past 2000 years. It has freed one half of the human race from the inevitability of childbearing by necessity. Children must be wanted and cherished. A close second is the comprehension of the causes of disease, if you can call that an invention: i.e. inoculation against smallpox, diptheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, measles, mumps and we are even getting close to a vaccine against AIDS. I definitely think the birth control pill is the most definitive invention of the past 2000 years. It has freed one half of the human race from the inevitability of childbearing by necessity. Children must be wanted and cherished.

A close second is the comprehension of the causes of disease, if you can call that an invention: i.e. inoculation against smallpox, diptheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, measles, mumps and we are even getting close to a vaccine against AIDS.

]]> By: komikozi4u2 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/03/whats-the-most-important-invention/comment-page-1/#comment-4798 komikozi4u2 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:02:38 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=5970#comment-4798 i think electricity should be right top i think electricity should be right top

]]> By: Esat Atikkan http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/03/whats-the-most-important-invention/comment-page-1/#comment-3416 Esat Atikkan Sat, 26 Mar 2011 14:59:10 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=5970#comment-3416 Light bulb - without which graduate students and post-docs would be unable to work 24-7 shifts to produce the data used for the innovations and our creature comforts Light bulb – without which graduate students and post-docs would be unable to work 24-7 shifts to produce the data used for the innovations and our creature comforts

]]> By: Renee Murray http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/03/whats-the-most-important-invention/comment-page-1/#comment-3405 Renee Murray Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:23:17 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=5970#comment-3405 I've got to nominate public works like sewers and sanitation. Think of the lives saved from E coli, cholera, mosquitos and other nasty sicknesses caused by concentrations of people living together. Refridgeration should probably be up there too! I’ve got to nominate public works like sewers and sanitation. Think of the lives saved from E coli, cholera, mosquitos and other nasty sicknesses caused by concentrations of people living together. Refridgeration should probably be up there too!

]]> By: Patrick Spreng http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/03/whats-the-most-important-invention/comment-page-1/#comment-3404 Patrick Spreng Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:11:02 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=5970#comment-3404 I would nominate the Internet. Not only is it bringing the concepts of free minds and free markets to all the people of the world, it has almost completely removed x-rated theaters and bookstores from our cities and towns. I would nominate the Internet. Not only is it bringing the concepts of free minds and free markets to all the people of the world, it has almost completely removed x-rated theaters and bookstores from our cities and towns.

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