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Originally posted by Mr Mephisto
It's debatable if you could call these inventions, rather than developments but I humby submit the following.
In order,
Language
Writing
Without both of these, we would have no civilization, as we know it, and therefore none of the other more obvious "inventions".
Agriculture comes a close third.
I highly recommend the book The Third Chimpanzee for some very interesting discussions on this fascinating subject.
Mr Mephisto
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Dammit, took the words right out of my mouth. Made 'em a little more eloquent, but ya still took 'em right out of my mouth.
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One day an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walked into a pub together. They each bought a pint of Guinness. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage, three flies landed in each of their pints. The Englishman pushed his beer away in disgust. The Scotsman fished the fly out of his beer and continued drinking it, as if nothing had happened. The Irishman, too, picked the fly out of his drink but then held it out over the beer and yelled "SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT, YOU BASTARD!"
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