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On Oct 30, 2014, 0pus wrote: Not the gel? What about Hexa, hexa, Hexachlorophene! (Don't mind me. It's just an old geezer having tv ad flashbacks.)
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Marlin1894 Special user 559 Posts
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On Oct 30, 2014, stoneunhinged wrote: True. Although in retrospect they might have been better off staying put and sticking to agriculture, with an emphasis on not only crops but animal husbandry as well. |
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts
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On Oct 30, 2014, Marlin1894 wrote: Seems an economic consideration of sorts. The horse changed the means of production. Similarly, around where I live, the introduction of European (and, later, American) trade goods encouraged the indigenous population to give up their traditional ways of life to trap and trade furs. Buffalo teepees were replaced by canvas. Cooking was changed by the introduction of metal cookware and flour. Time spent hunting was greatly reduced by the introduction of guns and horses. All this lead to increased time to spend on other activities.
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Marlin1894 Special user 559 Posts
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On Oct 30, 2014, landmark wrote: Nor do I. Especially compared to gunpowder which is clearly on of the most influential inventions of all time. It changed the course of warfare which in turn fundamentally changed the entire world. Entire empires were born and destroyed because of it, it ended the medieval era in Europe, it changed food gathering, it changed exploration and expansion, it changed, in a huge way, the lives of pretty much every person on the planet in one way or another, at one time or another. And still does for good or bad. Plus it gave us fireworks! |
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On Oct 30, 2014, Magnus Eisengrim wrote: No doubt about it. They clearly felt it was an advancement over their current way of life and felt it was a more prosperous and healthy way to live and more beneficial to their survival and overall well being. |
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2889 Posts
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Liquid Prell;
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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acesover Special user I believe I have 821 Posts
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I don't know. Liquid Prell, Atomic Bomb. It's a coin flip.
If I were to agree with you. Then we would both be wrong. As of Apr 5, 2015 10:26 pm I have 880 posts. Used to have over 1,000
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts
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Tang
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts
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On Oct 30, 2014, stoneunhinged wrote: Uh...yeah...well...I knew that... Okay, well I knew that after you told me anyway.
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts
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After agriculture, which is really the foundation of civilization:
bronze working mining iron working masonry animal husbandry the wheel sailing writing philosophy theology banking education (I play Civilization V a lot.) |
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funsway Inner circle old things in new ways - new things in old ways 9988 Posts
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Maybe I missed it, but why has no one brought up "magic?"
humans have been though unique in the ability to hold an imaginary solution in mind and compare it with a hypothetical problem. In this he Invented (or recognized) force at work that he did not understand and attempted to control them. By pretending to control them he gained some sense of security of mind and body. Magic was born. Our play-acting at controlling inexplicable phenomena as entertainment gives hope that we can actually control other things we do not understand. .................. invention? apes have now been observed acting strangely during an approaching lightning storm. They select a member by a ritualistic process -- and the "select" goes forth with stick to jab at the sky in defiance. When he is not killed and the storm passes he is applauded by his peers.
"the more one pretends at magic, the more awe and wonder will be found in real life." Arnold Furst
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts
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Apes have been observed. Cool.
Of course, humans interpret what the apes are doing. ....... Perhaps it is a ritual. Perhaps not. ....... I saw "Planet of the Apes". I'm scared. |
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2889 Posts
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On Oct 30, 2014, acesover wrote: 2000 YEAR OLD MAN Look, you got the atomic bomb in your medicine cabinet. You open the door, it falls out, what happens[q] It breaks, that's what. Now you got Liquid Prell in there and it's gonna bounce. And you can put a pearl in there and it'll go slow and then you can put another one in there and then you got two.
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lynnef Inner circle 1407 Posts
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Yeah, I'd have to go with Mastermindreader on agriculture being the start of it all; but Jared Diamond makes a good point for guns and steel as moving us all into the modern imperialist dominated world. Diamond also mentions 'germs'... not an invention per se, and not always consciously used .... but germs did make a huge impact on how human society developed. Of course, nowadays, one can make a good argument that certain germs can be considered 'inventions'; but now we're venturing into philosophy.fun topic, ciao, Lynn
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts
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IIRC, Diamond's main argument was for "geographic determinism"--he held that your location on the planet has an enormous influence on how your culture and technology develops. We live in a world where, for example, only a few animals are readily domesticated, only a few plant species are amenable to mass production for consumption, local mineral resources may or may not be useful for metallurgy, and local timber may or may not be useful for building. Before modern communication and transportation, your technological and social development, he argues, are enabled and constrained by your local resources. The "fertile crescent" had favourable growing conditions and suitable natural grains for the development of agriculture, which enabled the development of cities, and the class division that provides time for other innovations. Turns out that the raw materials for bronze-making were available in the same area, leading to improved agriculture, technology and, of course, warfare. (If "improved" is the right word here.)
I have nowhere near the competence to evaluate Diamond's thesis, but I found it fascinating and compelling.
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts
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The enlightenment gave us our modern conceptions of rights and tolerance. The greatest inventions in the history of humanity.
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts
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+ 1
Well done, John. |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts
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Intrepid Inner circle Silver Spring, MD 1183 Posts
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You've all missed the most important invention which started it all and start man on his path of domination over all other creatures, the spear.
The next greatest invention was the plow. And then a writing system
Bob
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts
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The club came before the spear.
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