included in the list of great achievements of western civilization, with the steam engine, the turbine, the transistor, and tcp/ip, is the ziplock bag.
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I'd add the pencil to that list. It's very hard to make one. Luckily it comes with two free ears to hold it in place
Don't forget the printing press.
over rated. we should have trusted the experts. the science was settled.
Anything that aids the communication of ideas and recording of discoveries is huge. It allows people to build on other's discoveries and ideas without having to discover everything themselves, so yes the printing press is amazing, but so is the telephone, the internet, digital storage, digital photos/videos, etc.
