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WhollyHeretic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-21-09 01:33 PM
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78. I think your right that it's the most amazing event, i.e. an event that causes surprise and wonder.
I can't think of another event that caused such a sense of wonder around the world. There have obviously been many more important events throughout history

taming fire
the wheel
language
music
art
metal working
agriculture
written language
plumbing
the printing press
modern medicine
the car
the computer
the internet
the telephone
the plane
the newspaper
television

just to name a few. These things all developed over time. None of them were really a singular amazing event shared by people around the world.
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  -Is the Moon Landing the most amazing thing humans have ever accomplished? cbdo2007  Jul-21-09 08:42 AM   #0 
  - vaccines  Randomthought   Jul-21-09 08:44 AM   #1 
  - I would agree with organ transplants in a similar category....  cbdo2007   Jul-21-09 09:12 AM   #16 
  - +1  baldguy   Jul-21-09 09:16 AM   #18 
  - I was talking to my sister  Milspec   Jul-21-09 10:00 AM   #44 
  - Consider it was one of the last things designed without computers  liberal N proud   Jul-21-09 08:45 AM   #2 
  - Forget your laptop, the cell phones today have more memory  RT Atlanta   Jul-21-09 08:48 AM   #3 
  - Laptops?  trotsky   Jul-21-09 08:49 AM   #4 
  - Um, no.  zipplewrath   Jul-21-09 08:52 AM   #5 
  - Reference books as well  PVnRT   Jul-21-09 09:59 AM   #43 
  - Computers with hand-made wire-wrap ROMs  tridim   Jul-21-09 10:19 AM   #53 
     - You an play with the AGC yourself....  BlooInBloo   Jul-21-09 10:23 AM   #56 
  - This is probably a good thing....you don't want to get a "bad_spooler error"  cbdo2007   Jul-21-09 08:52 AM   #7 
  - Back in the day, those calculations could be done in their heads.  Kokonoe   Jul-21-09 09:32 AM   #31 
  - LOL not really  PVnRT   Jul-21-09 09:58 AM   #42 
     - It may seem impossible, but yes if you can do it, it can be done.  Kokonoe   Jul-21-09 10:44 AM   #60 
        - And you think that can't be done now?  PVnRT   Jul-21-09 11:35 AM   #63 
           - It may seem impossible, but yes if you can do it, it can be done.  Kokonoe   Jul-21-09 12:11 PM   #66 
  - Nonsense  DavidDvorkin   Jul-21-09 10:01 AM   #45 
  - Computers had been invented by then  LeftishBrit   Jul-21-09 10:07 AM   #50 
     - Of course they did. People just like romanticizing the time, even if it's false.  BlooInBloo   Jul-21-09 10:20 AM   #55 
  - I still think digital watches and novelty cell phone ring tones are pretty neat ideas  htuttle   Jul-21-09 08:52 AM   #6 
  - No.  kickysnana   Jul-21-09 08:53 AM   #8 
  - flush toilets.  Richard D   Jul-21-09 08:54 AM   #9 
  - Pure Audacity  bpj62   Jul-21-09 08:55 AM   #10 
  - One of  zipplewrath   Jul-21-09 08:58 AM   #11 
  - Magellan? What century do you live in?  cbdo2007   Jul-21-09 09:06 AM   #14 
     - Comparative  zipplewrath   Jul-21-09 10:02 AM   #47 
  - quantum physics. imo. nt  Mari333   Jul-21-09 08:58 AM   #12 
  - I don't think in terms of league tables  moggie   Jul-21-09 08:59 AM   #13 
  - Appreciate the article...but...  cbdo2007   Jul-21-09 09:10 AM   #15 
  - Did you read the "article?"  rateyes   Jul-21-09 09:21 AM   #21 
  - Yeah...that's how I feel.  cbdo2007   Jul-21-09 09:28 AM   #29 
  - But without writing, where would we be?  moggie   Jul-21-09 09:25 AM   #25 
  - probably?  dysfunctional press   Jul-21-09 10:31 AM   #58 
  - Funny  drm604   Jul-21-09 09:16 AM   #17 
  - ROFLMAO!!  rateyes   Jul-21-09 09:20 AM   #19 
  - Actually it becomes even more astonishing when you take into account the whole  salguine   Jul-21-09 09:20 AM   #20 
  - Mapping DNA would be right up there  scheming daemons   Jul-21-09 09:22 AM   #22 
  - I think pushing out a 9 lb'r for 33 hours was pretty amazing.  ourbluenation   Jul-21-09 09:22 AM   #23 
  - My best is probably a 1.5 pounder but it did take me 3 hours to do it.  cbdo2007   Jul-21-09 09:32 AM   #32 
  - False FLag Operation  DarthPortnoy   Jul-21-09 09:23 AM   #24 
  - On today of all days, show some fucking respect for the achievement  moggie   Jul-21-09 09:27 AM   #26 
  - Now we have to show respect for achievements?  arcadian   Jul-21-09 12:21 PM   #69 
  - I opened me mind.  Iggo   Jul-21-09 09:29 AM   #30 
  - Indeed.  RUMMYisFROSTED   Jul-21-09 09:32 AM   #34 
  - You sir\madam..  Rebubula   Jul-21-09 09:41 AM   #37 
  - Jebus...I wish mods would delete posts like this simply to avoid the risk  Raskolnik   Jul-21-09 09:54 AM   #38 
  - If you're basing your opinion on the number of websites supporting this....  cbdo2007   Jul-21-09 10:02 AM   #46 
  - Just an FYI so you don't get stung  demwing   Jul-21-09 12:03 PM   #64 
  - That has been debunked over and over again  Obama2012   Jul-21-09 10:06 AM   #49 
  - ...  PVnRT   Jul-21-09 10:09 AM   #51 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jul-21-09 12:22 PM   #70 
  - Cheese on a  rateyes   Jul-21-09 12:58 PM   #75 
  - Here, Buzz has got something for you.  baldguy   Jul-21-09 03:31 PM   #80 
  - Jesus Christ-- where's Buzz Aldrin's fist when you need it?  Marr   Jul-21-09 10:50 PM   #85 
  - I believe that medical marvels far outweigh the moon landing.  trayfoot   Jul-21-09 09:28 AM   #27 
  - yeah...but that stuff doesn't seem very amazing.  cbdo2007   Jul-21-09 09:37 AM   #35 
  - Molecular biology advances are right up there in my book. Mapping the human genome, for example.  yellowcanine   Jul-21-09 09:28 AM   #28 
  - Oh, hell no....  eeyore   Jul-21-09 09:32 AM   #33 
  - The Moon landings were an elaborate exercise in propaganda writ large.  baldguy   Jul-21-09 09:40 AM   #36 
  - As opposed to every other form of exploration in the history of mankind? n/t  Raskolnik   Jul-21-09 09:56 AM   #39 
     - Yes. In the 15th, 16th & 17th centuries there was a point to the exploration.  baldguy   Jul-21-09 12:03 PM   #65 
        - Yes, and part of that point of exploration was prestige.  Raskolnik   Jul-21-09 12:15 PM   #67 
           - Try reading beyond the subject line.  baldguy   Jul-21-09 12:23 PM   #71 
              - Try supporting your subject line. n/t  Raskolnik   Jul-21-09 12:32 PM   #73 
              - .  baldguy   Jul-21-09 01:09 PM   #77 
              - I'd definitely put it our top five moments as a species, yes.  Marr   Jul-21-09 10:56 PM   #87 
  - Its got to be pretty close, if not at the top. n/t  Raskolnik   Jul-21-09 09:56 AM   #40 
  - Written language. Otherwise, no. n/t  lumberjack_jeff   Jul-21-09 09:58 AM   #41 
  - Amazing, but not the most amazing  LeftishBrit   Jul-21-09 10:04 AM   #48 
  - Food preservation  moggie   Jul-21-09 10:13 AM   #52 
  - no, getting bu$h* elected TWICE was the most amazing  spanone   Jul-21-09 10:20 AM   #54 
  - Learning to harness fire, but  SIMPLYB1980   Jul-21-09 10:24 AM   #57 
  - The invention of nitrocellulose, which led to plastics, high-explosives, etc  FarCenter   Jul-21-09 10:32 AM   #59 
  - Yes. Pyramids were good, but those were aliens. Having sailed across the Caribbean in one go, now  timeforpeace   Jul-21-09 10:46 AM   #61 
  - Twinkies.  Javaman   Jul-21-09 10:49 AM   #62 
  - Not really. Any amazing display of technical virtuousity, I will agree too.  bemildred   Jul-21-09 12:19 PM   #68 
  - In terms of a raw technological achievement, yes.  ContinentalOp   Jul-21-09 12:24 PM   #72 
  - not even close, the invention of complex language is the most amazing  pitohui   Jul-21-09 12:48 PM   #74 
  - That would be my pick too.  bemildred   Jul-21-09 01:00 PM   #76 
  - I think your right that it's the most amazing event, i.e. an event that causes surprise and wonder.  WhollyHeretic   Jul-21-09 01:33 PM   #78 
  - re: can't think of another event that caused such a sense of wonder around the world....  cbdo2007   Jul-21-09 08:09 PM   #82 
  - Hands Down The Most Amazing Non-Natural Thing Humans Have Accomplished.  OPERATIONMINDCRIME   Jul-21-09 01:46 PM   #79 
  - Yes. To quote Sagan:  Odin2005   Jul-21-09 03:40 PM   #81 
  - .  fujiyama   Jul-21-09 10:47 PM   #83 
  - It may or may not be the greatest scientific accomplishment ever  fujiyama   Jul-21-09 10:48 PM   #84 
  - It is astonishing. There are so many singularly dazzling things,  saltpoint   Jul-21-09 10:54 PM   #86 
  - Moon landings? Pffft. What about THIS?  Silent3   Jul-21-09 10:59 PM   #88 
  - Neil Armstrong's foot represents a collective effort of some thousands  saltpoint   Jul-21-09 11:01 PM   #89 
  - The eradication of smallpox  depakid   Jul-21-09 11:02 PM   #90 
  - It's the closest we've come to scaring the shit out of the rest of the universe.  TahitiNut   Jul-21-09 11:09 PM   #91 
 

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