Has the last 100 years seen more scientific advancement than the last 1000 years

[TMAN78]

Of human history. (title wouldent fit )

I have been thinking about the history of mankind, and i relised that humanity has advanced more in the last 100 years than the last 1000 years.
A few examples are moterised flight, a-bombs,and putting someone on the moon.
Who agrees with me, and who has different opinions?

 

[havoc]

I would say no... A lot happened during the Industrial Revolution.

 

[Yugrath]

If the "last 100 years" includes entire 20th century then I'd say yes. Progress was made before, but science was revolutionized and paradigm shifts occurred in this period the degree of which is unprecedented.

 

[Archonsod]

Define "advancement".

 

[TMAN78]

1. A forward step; an improvement. 2. Development; progress: the advancement of
knowledge.

 

[FrisianDude]

No, because "last 100 years" fits under  "last thousand years". Every thing that happened in the last 100 years happened in the last 1000. :U

 

[TMAN78]

No, because "last 100 years" fits under  "last thousand years". Every thing that happened in the last 100 years happened in the last 1000. :U

ah you got me..

But you know what i mean in the text. (I hope )

 

[Soil]

You can't really compare "advancement", because you can't measure it properly. Additionally, most inventions are built upon other former advancement, it would be hard to compare the invention of electronical technology to the rise of computers because the latter wouldn't have been possible (the way it happened) without the former.
What you can do is admit that in the time from 600-900 relatively little new knowledge was acquired, especially when compared to the 16th or 18th century, and there are also some theories about how those periods of different progress work. Yet, all comparisons will be rather vague, as the "importance" of an invention often comes down to personal beliefs of what is actually "important" in this world so it'll be rather tricky to answer this question.

 

[Palaiologos]

Electricity.

 

[havoc]

Electricity was here way before humans.

 

[ancalimon]

I still don't get how people could think of playing computer games via chips.

 

[An4Sh]

I still don't get how people could think of playing computer games via chips.

That makes no sense.

 

[TMAN78]

Indeed.

 

[ancalimon]

I still don't get how people could think of playing computer games via chips.

That makes no sense.

There are chips inside computers and they allow us to play games on computers...

 

[havoc]

Eh.. Yeah, sure. But they weren't invented for games ya know. They started as a awesome side-effect of the new technology being developed for important **** (porn). Its not like someone woke up one day and said, "OMFG THIS CHIP WILL LET ME PLAY COMPUTER GAMES"

 

[BananaBob]

noooo the real point is: the invetions of the last 100 and last 1000 years were JUST made to let us play pc games xD

now seriously: i think you cant ask the question like you did, because the invetion of the last 100 years are based on the invetion of the 900 years before

 

[ancalimon]

noooo the real point is: the invetions of the last 100 and last 1000 years were JUST made to let us play pc games xD

now seriously: i think you cant ask the question like you did, because the invetion of the last 100 years are based on the invetion of the 900 years before

yet practical results happened in the last century.

 

[Archonsod]

I think there's barely anything in use today that's based on something from 900 years ago. Ploughs maybe, can't think of anything else.

 

[TMAN78]

The Spanish Inqusition?

 

[BananaBob]

I think there's barely anything in use today that's based on something from 900 years ago. Ploughs maybe, can't think of anything else.

so... cars arend based on the invetion of the wheel? so gas and oil heaters arend based on the discovery of fire? and so on?

(ya i know wheel and fire are know mutch longer then 900years but you know what i am trying to say)