What Are The Inventions That Have Been The Most Important For Our Lives?

[JackWilliams129]

There are so many inventions , but for you which invention is the most important? Mine is the computer

[EDDIE51]

^ No ice cream without freezers, no freezers without electricity , no electricity without the invention of metal working back in the Iron age!

[Jackdaw33]

Sliced bread.

[birdie1971]

Eddie - “Not just anesthetics, the science of medicine in general...”

I disagree. Anaesthetics are what makes *any* invasive surgery tolerable and in most cases, survivable. Without anaesthetics, the vast majority of people would die on the operating table due to shock. It's no good having the medical know-how to be able to remove and replace a kidney if the patient drops dead due to the trauma of being cut open and having one of their organs removed and replaced.

Hence, my vote for anaesthetics. Very underrated in my opinion.

[dance2trance]

The invention which has had the most proven impact on human life is that much forgotten creature the railway system. We might *** about how it is operated but imagine it is not there at all.