This is pointless: If you let me define the terms, I can 'prove' that the Ancient Romans invented radio, computers, and whatever else, and nothing of note has b

This is pointless: If you let me define the terms, I can 'prove' that the Ancient Romans invented radio, computers, and whatever else, and nothing of note has been created since 500 CE. Picking out the 'first' of something is always an exercise in defining terms, meaning the person who does it gets to pick the winners by defining some key words correctly. (First computer: The rock. It enables partially-mechanized computation. The abacus is merely a variation on the theme of using pebbles to count, and nothing later counts at all.) (First radio: Using torches to send messages. After all, all light is in the electromagnetic spectrum, just like the modern FM band.)