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

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by guyrocket@kbin.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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

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[–] HereToLurk@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago

I'm always blown away by how discoveries like antibiotics changed our lives. And writing too. Mind blowing that we can record, discern, and communicate so much information from marks on a surface