Most Significant Event in the History of Mankind

[furst]

In your opinion, what was it?

I'm going to say the invention of computers just to piss off Talleyrand.

[mindfork]

the evolution of opposable thumbs.

[Catfish Hunter]

Vaginas are always nice.

[Revenant]

Cerimonial burial.
It started our religious superstitions, done more to keep mankind in the dark, and will eventualy be the destruction of us all.

[Talleyrand]

Originally posted by furst:
I'm going to say the invention of computers just to piss off Talleyrand.You're not even close.

Humanity is varied and not all events impact all people to the same degree.

a) Neolithic Revolution- the advent of sedentary farming led to the rise of civilization as we know it.

b) Bantu and Indo-European Migrations- two different events that led to tremendous cultural diffusion, language and race-mixing. Defined the collective culture of the Orient, Occident, and Africa for millenia.

c) Death of Socrates- the first known martyr in history conjures up the very first image of a person "dying for their beliefs". Inspires Plato and, in turn, Plato inspired the underpinnings of Christianity and Islam. (As a wise man once said, "Christianity is Plato for the masses")

d) Scientific Method- Francis Bacon gets most of the credit for laying down the rules of emperical observation. It changed the view of nature from something to be worshipped and controlling of human affairs to something to be controlled by human ingenuity.

e) Printing Press- Was the impetus for the largest revolution in modern times: literacy. Before this, people had to be told what was in books by an educated elite. The printing press put knowledge in all peoplr's hands and led to the demand of equality, democracy, and enlightenment that would define the subsequent eras in human history.

f) Colombus lands in the New World- Columbus didn't discover America, but he opened the door for white colonization of earth and was the first hint of globalization that all people rave about like it's a modern occurence.

g) French Revolution- Conventional wisdom says that the American Revolution inspired the French. Conventional wisdom is mostly always wrong. The French Revolution was completely different and unique and far-reaching. Gave rise to the idea of political emancipation and all of the dangers and excesses that could arise from such demands.

[furst]

I like the bit about Socrates. That's an interesting thought.

[Alien Einstein]

What date was this board started?

[Shawn Hates You]

Originally posted by Alien Einstein:
What date was this board started?answer?

[Horus]

how about einsteins visualization of space time as a 4 dimensional object...the impacts of this discovery have changed the way we see the world and universe around us, and will probably define the future in some way we can't even fathom yet....unless we blow up first, which we might also credit to einstein for his work in molecular physics.

[TELone]

the Lecompton constitution

[Talleyrand]

the Lecompton constitution

haha

That's pretty good.

You're not even American, are you?

[Element 115]

i pretty much don't know shit about history but how about hiroshima and nagasaki? we let the world know not to fuck with us or else

[RM_3000]

Outside of the Middle East and Asia, I would have to say it was Constantine's conversion to Christianity. Before that, it was a small sect, comparable to Wiccans or Rastafarians today in terms of numbers and power. Look where it is now.

[Element 115]

its jesus, our whole concept of time is based around his birthdate...which i personally think is completely out of wack..

[isayu]

tie:

invention of the atomic bomb

and vaginas.

[TELone]

I actually am a yank talley, are you as well?

[TELone]

i know a lot about history too for some reason. shit just resonates ya know?

[Talleyrand]

I actually am a yank talley, are you as well?

Yes I am a Yank and refer to myself as such, like all good Yanks.

Are you a fan of the Lecompton Constitution?

[Horus]

Im lazy, point me a link to explain what the fuck Lecompton Constitution is.

[McMossy]

a proposed state constitution (kansas) that supported slavery and protected the rights of slave owners

[furst]

Im lazy, point me a link to explain what the fuck Lecompton Constitution is.
I thought they were just talking about some nonsense.. I should have known better.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecompton_Constitution

[One_Twisted_Fuck]

The end of WW II

[Revenant]

It is yet to come.

truefax

[BEAST]

what about the defeat of Nazi Germany in world war II? we could be living in a world without kikes, spades, nips, spicks, gypsies, gays and cripples, had it not have been for those meddeling allied forces.

[Jay Weishaupt]

Prohibition.

[Tone Space]

the first being to be born that by our definition today, would qualify as a full fledged man/human.
that i beleive is the most impactful shit.

[PU$$YCONTIN]

the worst event was when women were aloud to vote and also now i hear they are aloud to get into heaven.

best event is talleyrand's birthday

[Alien]

the worst event was when women were aloud to vote and also now i hear they are aloud to get into heaven.

best event is talleyrand's birthday
the only women that get into heaven are the 300 naked virgins waiting for me after i destroy all you filthy infidels

[sTePeAsY]

The invention of the vagina.

[Foreign Speak]

Adding ot the list...

1. (Long ago) When antediluvian man looked up into the heavens and said "What is this? Water coming from the sky!?"

2. (1750 BC) When Hammurappi became tired of hearing "My lord, my lord! I did not know that was against the law!", and erected a scribed stele to clarify to a largely illiterate population just what would earn a death penalty.

3. (47 BC) Caesar, while cursing about the masons of Alexandria, flung a stogie from his moving chariot into a nearby building. Later, he explained to Cleopatra how a drunken centurian set a fire on his ship that then spread and resulted in the conflagration that consumed her library. The truth of it is still unclear today.

4. (1521 AD) A well pickled Ferdinand Magellan is pulled from a barrel of rum, and hailed as the first to lead an expedition to circumnavigate the earth.

5. (Dec 15, 1966) Walt Disney died.

[Digital Christ]

The distilling of alcoholic spirits & the purveyors of alchemy with alcohol ponderings & universial musings,,,

[Frank Motherfucking Booth]

Judging by the stranglehold that organized religion has always held on all mankind and its powers/wealth/weapons...

I'd say it was the first time humans witnessed death and conceptualized it as something else (afterlife, permanence, etc) to make themselves feel better.

In short, the first time man widely denied his own mortality.

[loqiel]

The day the first man realized self-awareness, opening the floodgates to religion, philosophy, psychology and a host of gimmick diet plans.

[Dane]

my birth.

[AWESOME J]

Tony Iommis finger tips were lacerated so he puts on finger condoms and downtunes his Gibson and creates the coolest form of devil worship known to man

[Dixie Chamberlain]

The American Constitution that stated the separation of church and state. The pinnacle of the idea of freedom. It's just too bad not everyone accepts this concept and bends them to their own evil will, but, damnit, at least we have it!

[ChickenWitNoHed]

we were better off living in caves. i saw somewhere recently where they said the average hunter gatherer had to work 14 hours a week to provide for his family. is a longer life, society and technology worth it?

[Foreign Speak]

Chicken,
I know people that spend 0 hours a day in labour, and their families are provided for by the state. The wheels of progress turn... Come to think about it, a few of them do resemble Neanderthals.
Let's see what the life of 'cave dwelling' ancients were...
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[Streetie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRXpRA8_dE0

[McMossy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRXpRA8_dE0

maybe if he landed it

[Eaton Purx]

And he wasnt a brown person.