• Question: What is the best thing(in your opinion)to have ever been invented?

    Asked by anon-258105 on 30 Jun 2020.
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      Tiffany Chan answered on 30 Jun 2020:

      Great question! This is a really difficult one, but I’d probably go for the invention of electrical light/light bulbs!
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      What do you think? I’m keen to hear your opinion! 🙂

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      Katherine Haxton answered on 30 Jun 2020:

      Chocolate.

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      Jane Patrick answered on 30 Jun 2020: last edited 30 Jun 2020 10:42 am

      I would say the discovery that adding chlorine to water makes it safe to drink . We take safe drinking water for granted, but contaminated water used to kill many thousands of people in the UK from diseases like cholera and typhoid and still does in other parts of the world today.

      This is from Wikipedia:

      Permanent water chlorination began in 1905, when a faulty slow sand filter and a contaminated water supply caused a serious typhoid fever epidemic in Lincoln, England. Alexander Cruickshank Houston used chlorination of the water to stop the epidemic.
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_chlorination

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      Fred Mosselmans answered on 30 Jun 2020:

      there are lots of discoveries that have changed the way we live, but i guess i think the best thing to be invented in terms of modern is the integrated circuit, which is a keystone in all our modern computers and communication devices.

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      Martin Ward answered on 30 Jun 2020:

      WOW, this is a very difficult question. I think the internet, world wide web must be up there with one of the best things. Can you imagine what life would be like these days if the internet and world-wide connectivity were to vanish?

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      Nicola Flanagan answered on 30 Jun 2020:

      That is such a good question. There are many up there, but I think the printing press was a very important invention as it meant information could get to the general public much quicker and more easily.

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      Kat Hunter answered on 30 Jun 2020:

      The internet. It is unbelieveable to have so much knowledge at your fingertips!

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      Rachael Hallam answered on 30 Jun 2020:

      That’s a great question, but one I can easily answer! Without a doubt – vaccines. They have transformed the human population within 200 years, and we have completed eradicated one disease (smallpox). Life would be very different for everybody if we didn’t have them, and the current pandemic is highlighting this as being as important today as ever.

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      Emma Schofield answered on 30 Jun 2020:

      Painkillers in general and Calpol in particular – no prizes for guessing I have a little one!

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      Zoe Ingold answered on 2 Jul 2020:

      There are so many choices that all affect us massively! I think my top 3 would be plumbing, electricity and the internet.

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      Alex Ttofi answered on 3 Jul 2020:

      Fantastic Q – Most people would go for the greats of science – Fire, Light bulb, electricity, internet, medicine and so on. Others might pick a luxury like chocolate or Champagne. Some might go for music or TV but …………after having had a child nothing can compare to the best invention ever……………The baby wipe

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      Heather Walton answered on 6 Jul 2020:

      I’d probably have to say home electricity, though I’m not sure that counts as one thing!

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      Chris Holdsworth answered on 7 Jul 2020:

      Writing/words – the ability to record our thoughts and feelings.

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