Do you think Wikipedia humanity's greatest achievement ?
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For as long as humanity exists, knowledge was the most valuable thing we had. Without knowledge we wouldn't have gold, money, as much food as we do, and would still be nothing more than hairless cave monkeys. Now with Wikipedia, and people adding what they know to one encyclopedia we are creating the ultimate knowledge source, and as more people get computers, and internet access, the more mutual knowledge we have.
So what do you think ? Do you agree that Wikipedia is humanity's greatest achievement, or atleast one of the greatest ?
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Not just wikipedia, but the internet.
i wouldn't say greatest...
it's not up there with "the world is round!" or "e=mc2"
the "internet as a whole" is pretty great though
Ah the fruits of the Cold War.
The Internet is brilliant.
Wikipedia is part of humans greatest achievement which is the internet.
The internet.
It's definitely one great achievement, but not the greatest of all...
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nvm, neopets
Wikipedia is lovely until the trolls get a hold of the edit button. :D
I would consider the Internet a pretty major achievement
I think our best achievement was world peace, oh wait...
[QUOTE=not_Morph53;25850549]I think our best achievement was world peace, oh wait...[/QUOTE]
World peace is unachievable
[QUOTE=Laserbeams;25850575]World peace is unachievable[/QUOTE]
It would be, if everyone died. Look at mars, it's so peaceful there.
The internet, it brought us wikipedia and pornography
[QUOTE=not_Morph53;25850588]It would be, if everyone died. Look at mars, it's so peaceful there.[/QUOTE]
But what would be the point of stopping wars, if we need to kill everyone ?
[QUOTE=Laserbeams;25850662]But what would be the point of stopping wars, if we need to kill everyone ?[/QUOTE]
Everyone but me.
Wikipedia has pretty much become one of the many staples of the internet. But as mentioned above, Wikipedia relies on the internet, and that is the real achievement.
I think the Nintendo 64 was humanity's greatest achievement.
Seriously though, I don't think Wikipedia is "humanity's greatest achievement", sure it's easy to find info with it, but before Wikipedia existed we could just use a search engine.
The greatest achievement of humanity, is the art of war.
The Amarr Titan is the greatest achievement in human history.
[IMG]http://www.shadow-company.co.uk/main/images/stories//caldari_ships/caldari-titan-leviathan-2.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=nikomo;25850748]The Amarr Titan is the greatest achievement in human history.
[img_thumb]http://www.shadow-company.co.uk/main/images/stories//caldari_ships/caldari-titan-leviathan-2.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
so i was going to call you out on the amarr part but then i realized
um no
[QUOTE=Laserbeams;25850329]So what do you think ? Do you agree that Wikipedia is [B]humanity's greatest achievement[/B], or atleast one of the greatest ?[/QUOTE]
I tend to disagree, this is [B]one[/B] of the greatest achievements in the history of science:
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haber_process[/url]
[release]Economic and environmental aspects
[B]The Haber process[/B] now produces 100 million tons of nitrogen fertilizer per year, mostly in the form of anhydrous ammonia, ammonium nitrate, and urea. 3–5% of world natural gas production is consumed in the Haber process (~1–2% of the world's annual energy supply).[1][13][14][15] [highlight]That fertilizer is responsible for sustaining one-third of the Earth's population[/highlight], as well as various deleterious environmental consequences.[2][5] Hydrogen production using electrolysis of water powered by renewable energy is not yet competitive cost-wise with hydrogen from fossil fuels, such as natural gas, and so has been responsible for only 4% of current hydrogen production (almost all as a byproduct of the chloralkali process). Notably, the rise of the Haber industrial process led to the "Nitrate Crisis" in Chile when the natural nitrate mines were no longer profitable and were closed, leaving a large unemployed Chilean population behind.[/release]
[QUOTE=mercurius;25850769]I tend to disagree, this is [B]one[/B] of the greatest achievements in the history of science:
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haber_process[/url]
[release]Economic and environmental aspects
The Haber process now produces 100 million tons of nitrogen fertilizer per year, mostly in the form of anhydrous ammonia, ammonium nitrate, and urea. 3–5% of world natural gas production is consumed in the Haber process (~1–2% of the world's annual energy supply).[1][13][14][15] [highlight]That fertilizer is responsible for sustaining one-third of the Earth's population[/highlight], as well as various deleterious environmental consequences.[2][5] Hydrogen production using electrolysis of water powered by renewable energy is not yet competitive cost-wise with hydrogen from fossil fuels, such as natural gas, and so has been responsible for only 4% of current hydrogen production (almost all as a byproduct of the chloralkali process). Notably, the rise of the Haber industrial process led to the "Nitrate Crisis" in Chile when the natural nitrate mines were no longer profitable and were closed, leaving a large unemployed Chilean population behind.[/release][/QUOTE]
You used wikipedia to find that info.
[QUOTE=RayDark;25850795]You used wikipedia to find that info.[/QUOTE]
Because I'm too lazy to write it myself and without literature it wouldn't be on wikipedia either way:
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haber_process#References[/url]
I say that fire is probably out greatest achievement. As it, y'know, sort of enabled everything we do now.