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Most important invention of the last 50 years- the internet or the microchip?
Posted on 3/23/16 at 1:58 pm
Posted on 3/23/16 at 1:58 pm
This is a spinoff from the OT.
I don't have extensive tech knowledge so I tend to want to say the internet. That was the consensus on the OT...but would the internet have been possible without microchips (microprocessors, memory chips,...)? The argument for second place is obviously strong, can the argument be made for first place or is it not even close?
Most important invention of the last 50 years- the internet or the microchip?
I don't have extensive tech knowledge so I tend to want to say the internet. That was the consensus on the OT...but would the internet have been possible without microchips (microprocessors, memory chips,...)? The argument for second place is obviously strong, can the argument be made for first place or is it not even close?
Most important invention of the last 50 years- the internet or the microchip?
This post was edited on 3/23/16 at 2:00 pm
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Posted on 3/23/16 at 2:10 pm to kbol34
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but would the internet have been possible without microchips (microprocessors, memory chips,...)?
No.
Posted on 3/23/16 at 2:11 pm to kbol34
Double post.
This post was edited on 3/23/16 at 2:11 pm
Posted on 3/23/16 at 2:36 pm to kbol34
quote:
but would the internet have been possible without microchips (microprocessors, memory chips,...)?
Nothing in modern technology would be possible without the microchip.
Posted on 3/23/16 at 2:51 pm to kbol34
Chicken and the egg. Can't really have one without the other
Posted on 3/25/16 at 8:13 am to kbol34
Because the Internet wouldn't exist without the invention of the micro chip, the microchip is the obvious answer to the op question.
A better question would be.... "Taking away the fact that the Internet wouldn't exist without the microchip, what invention was a bigger leap and/or more important, the Internet or the microchip"
I would think the answer is still the microchip
A better question would be.... "Taking away the fact that the Internet wouldn't exist without the microchip, what invention was a bigger leap and/or more important, the Internet or the microchip"
I would think the answer is still the microchip
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