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To date, what do you think is the greatest invention or discovery and why? (kbin.social)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Mine is the computer. I continue to be amazed at what we can do with them.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Consider: Writing is also the closest thing to magic that we have in the real world. You make a particular pattern of markings on a piece of paper using an arcane body of knowledge, and then a wizard in a black robe with a special hammer makes an illegible squiggle on the paper in just the right spot, and it makes new things happen.