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I'm sitting here, studying for my English exam, and I'm coming across some pretty amusing questions. Here's one of them: "Which three scientific and technological discoveries played the most important role in human history?" What's your opinion on this?

electricity

Fire, electricity, and language.

Wheel, Fire, Speech

A very interesting question. I would prioritize them as follows:
1 - Speech, otherwise humans wouldn't have become humans.
2 - The wheel, otherwise labor would be much more difficult.
3 - Writing, otherwise storing information would have become an insurmountable obstacle to development.
But when I was on an archaeological internship, I had other ideas.
So, the three greatest discoveries that changed the world:
1 - The bed!
2 - The bathtub!
3 - The toilet!

I would like to point out the technical aspects!

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Out of everything mentioned above, only the wheel fits.
Fire is questionable...

And I won't even talk about speech and writing...

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1) Electricity
2) Mendeleev's Periodic Table :rolleyes:

Okay. Wheel (no problems!) Fire (it's possible) Nuclear energy

Okay, fire, electricity, the wheel.

electricity
gunpowder
science-based medicine

Oh, look, discussions have started here without me... It's very disappointing that the ticket only allows for 3 choices, and I really liked your options:

Language is certainly an achievement, but we're talking about scientific and technological discoveries. After all, speech appeared in primitive people for, roughly speaking, herding prey, and it's impossible to name the one who developed such a concept as language... This is not a discovery, but rather an evolution...
But writing is a different matter!

But I chose the following:
1) The discovery of penicillin (antibiotics are a very important discovery, saving the lives of many people)
2) The invention of electricity (no comment)
3)

Since the question was: which scientific and technological discoveries played a role..., I would answer as follows:

1. The wheel (control of movement)
2. The sail (control of the elements).
3. The bow (control of distance).

Yep, a great answer in the style of Heroes :)

...and it fits perfectly into the history of mankind:

If we consider the revolutionary nature of these inventions, then, undoubtedly, the invention of the wheel gave impetus to all other discoveries in the field of movement and mechanics in general, the invention of the sail gave impetus to controlling the elements, i.e., using natural phenomena to serve mankind, and the invention of the bow, accordingly, gave impetus to the very principle of remote control, without direct physical impact on the object.

I like the approach to scientific and technological discoveries in "Civilization." There, you can truly decide what the future of your own civilization will look like and which specific inventions will change the fate of humanity. Therefore, it's quite difficult to determine which three discoveries played this role, but I think that one of the most important of these innovations was the invention of printing. Without it, it's impossible to imagine the widespread dissemination of knowledge; a huge number of discoveries would not have been made without books, and science and education (and not just them) would have continued to stagnate. The next fundamental discovery of humanity, I would call metallurgy. A huge path has been traveled from bronze to composite alloys, and so much has been made from metals, starting with money, tools, and weapons. And finally, the third discovery is most likely the invention of the internal combustion engine (initially, of course, the steam engine). It opened up new horizons for further development, gave a powerful impetus to progress, and after some time completely changed the face of civilization.

Three is definitely too few... IMHO, it's impossible to fit the entire development path into them. But here's a rough and very brief outline: 1. Tools; 2. The wheel; 3. Technology (this is a general concept, of course). And also...

Fire, electricity, language.

Agilist, you shouldn't write this with commas... it's funny :)