Underrated Human Inventions

[ClarkeM]

So as I lie in bed, trying to sleep because I have to catch a flight in the morning, I think about many things.

I've been amazed at the concept of "time" lately. Humans invented it. We rely on it every second of the day (pun slightly intended), yet we never really appreciate it. When you think about it, nearly everything we do relies on time. Work; Sports; Health; Finances. They all use time to properly function.



What are some underrated human inventions out there?

 

[Bluelegs]

Humans didn't invent time, we just named it, and kept track of it. We didn't invent night and day cycles, the earth revolving around the sun or anything of the sort. We merely studied it and used it as a form of measurement. Humans didn't invent time in the same way that humans didn't invent gravity or evolution.

 

[ClarkeM]

Yes. But why is one hour one hour and not 40 hours? By naming minutes, hours and days, we have been able to rely on them almost indefinitely.

People can get paid hourly.
People can be told they have so many weeks to live.

It's tripping me out just as much as Gibbsy and his street signs

 

[Bluelegs]

Yes. But why is one hour one hour and not 40 hours? By naming minutes, hours and days, we have been able to rely on them almost indefinitely.

People can get paid hourly.
People can be told they have so many weeks to live.

It's tripping me out just as much as Gibbsy and his street signs

Not as much an invention as it is a system. Our years are based on the earth revolving around the sun, our days are based on the earths rotation, the concept of hours, minutes and seconds is as relevant as any other unit of measurement, look at the imperial system especially arbitrary units of measurement based on things that are completely irelevant are used on a day to day basis. You could say that Humans invented measurement but then that falls under mathematics in general which is hardly an underrated human achievement.

 

[Poseidon]

Maps.
Bloody impressive that people have drawn the earth and roads and stuff.

 

[TheWoodenSlug]

Everything before the wheel.

 

[Ed_Gein]

Fleshlights.

 

[Wright Away]

Electricity.

 

[Jackfrost]

Everything before the wheel.

Are you talking about in Australia because I'd hardly rate different types of sticks as 'inventions' and certainly wouldn't class them as underrated inventions.

 

[Jackfrost]

The Potato Peeler, Toaster and the Esky get way less than their fair share of kudos.

 

[rocker_oz33]

Toilet paper.

 

[raven echo]

Sliced bread

 

[Catsmaninamerica]

The guitar

 

[davesnothere]

Tin cans always rates a mention on these polls....where else could you put spam

 

[Northworth]

The needle - as in needle and thread... allowing clothing.. production of sails... flags... and vitally used in surgery

imagine how much of a required skill threading a needle would have been hundreds of years ago

 

[Caesar]

Birth control.

Can't imagine how much it would have sucked to live during a time when you couldn't have sex without a very high chance of a baby being the result.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Samwiches

 

[thecatattack]

Music

 

[Poseidon]

Music

Music was invented by birds

 

[Simple Jack]

Samwiches

You can thank gambling for that.

According to unverified rumour anyway.

 

[thecatattack]

Music was invented by birds

What was the species of the bird that invented the guitar?

 

[Gough]

The printing press. It was the internet of the fifteenth century.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

You can thank gambling for that.

According to unverified rumour anyway.

Indeed - he could keep playing cards with one hand and din't get greasy hands.

Just as relevant today as ever!

 

[Smoooothy]

deodorants and purfumes

 

[Poseidon]

Running water.
Indoor plumbing.