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Or something important, like a stone chopping tool.
by mynameishere 8y ago
Or something important, like a stone chopping tool.
- svachalek 8y agoOn a planetary timescale, the two happened about simultaneously here.
- mynameishere 8y agoMy point is that the iPhone is almost completely trivial compared to the invention of stone tools. People here maybe could use the perspective, but maybe not.
- shawnz 8y agoI think the parent was using it as an example of a simple invention that builds upon many complex discoveries that came before, not as an example of a complex invention itself.
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- saagarjha 8y agoAnd the invention of stone tools is trivial compared to the "invention" of life. There's always something you can talk about as being "more important", no need to be all snobby about it.