If you could uninvent something, what would it be and why?
By Norfolk_Jim
@Norfolk_Jim (214)
March 9, 2008 11:58am CST
If you could choose to get rid of something from the face of the earth, an invention, a product, a philosoph, what would it be and why would you want to see it never having come into being?
I would like to get rid of the mobile phone. It seems to have spawned a generation of kids who are surgically atatched to their phones and can only communicate in text speak. I even see them sitting next to each other and texting one another - why not just turn and speak! I also hate the way its like being on the end of a leash, always at everyones beck and call. True, they've saved many lives in emergencies but i sometimes wonder how we managed to exist so long without them.
What would you uninvent? Nucular weapons? The internet? Pot noodle?
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@wrongway (277)
• United States
9 Mar 08
I would have to say the computer and calculator. Since the invention of these two items it seems that the world has stopped learning to add, spell, and learn in general. Kids (and some adults) don't worry about their spelling because they know they can just hit spell check on the computer and it will spell it right for them. Why bother learning to add, subtract or multiply since you can use a calculator and have the answer in minutes? Yes, the computer is handy for researching topics for school but it has also helped to make our kids lazy for learning.
Think about that the next time you go to the store and get the wrong change because the cashier can not count it out right without a calculator.
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@Norfolk_Jim (214)
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9 Mar 08
Yes, the calculator is one that sometimes irritates me, especially when kids in school use them and then their maths qualification is considered equal to mine that was achieved through mental arithmatic alone. Still, that makes me a big hipocrit as I use a scientific calculator when I'm doing science exercises.
@Norfolk_Jim (214)
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10 Mar 08
I sometimes wonder if the human race is up to the responsibilities knowledge brings. Inventions are neutal, how they are used is what counts, but so many people seem predisposed towards evil, even that which is good is used for wrong ends.
