What do you consider the greatest accomplishment of man til present?
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Hands down--no debate--the greatest invention, the invention that has altered the course of humanity more than any other--is the printing press.  How could ANY of the later advancements have been developed without the power to reproduce the printed word?
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The greatest man on earth is probably a woman.
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For me it is conquering something that has been a challenge for a long time. The thrill of achieving something I never knew possible.\n\nBut for sports kind of rushes... pulling off a perfect 4-way skydiving with lots of points, or mountainboarding some extreme slope without eating rock.
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Pele.  For being a great sportsman and a gentlemen to boot!  A credit to the game!
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We all live in our society... most "great men" held the prejudices of their time.\nMartin Luther was a terrible anti-semite.\nSo was Richard Wagner, and Richard Strauss.\n\nCertainly the great minds of the Enlightenment weren't thinking about women when they said "all Men are created equal."  Thomas Jefferson held slaves and had sex with them.\n\nThat makes these people human. BUt their accomplishments are still very important to religion, culture, political thought.\n\nNobody's perfect (well, some people say one man was perfect, but he's a man-god.).  As long as we don't engage in "hero worship," thinking our founding fathers, or musicians, or philosophers, or movie stars, are perfect, holding some beliefs of the time does not destroy the person's other accomplishments.
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Whithout God in your life... YUP!\nA life well lived is not measured in the accumulation of things, but rather through unparalleled experiences!
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George Washington, because he set us on a path to greatness.
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Since the beginning of mankind.
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it is the best thing happened to humanity\n\nbut who really knows that
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think of it this way...hasn't there been a person in your life whom, against all odds, managed to achieve greatness?\n\nor, think about lance armstrong...stricken with cancer, lost his cycling contracts, still he decided to perservere and achieve.  It was his will...that got him back on the bike...and, then he wins 5 tour de frances....\n\nthat is kind of the idea
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Those are the aspects in human life. I think since the born of human civilization, man have applied those aspects, whether they realize it or not. So the pioneer can be anyone in the past.
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Give my best friend a hug (we live far apart so it is very special when we get to see each other)\n\nDrive a car at least 175 mph (only made it to 130 so far...and got busted by the CHP)\n\nGo stargazing in the mountains\n\nTravel to the southern hemisphere\n\nDiscover a radio signal from a civilization on a planet orbiting  another star (does not include the one from a passing probe discovered back in 1975 when I was part of the 'discovery team)\n\nVisit the grave of my goddaughter at least a few times a year.\n\nVisit the grave of my beloved fiancee several times a year
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I think the scientists who made the greatest contribution of all time was Alexander Gram Bell even though he was not really scientists and more like a inventor. His invention the telephone is what now makes the world go round. The telephone lead to the internet, and being able to send mass amounts of information.
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Ghandi.  He suffered for mankind, to bring peace in this world.\n\nHe went on many food fasts almost dying a few times.\n\nHe was a very strong man, all for the sake of humanity.
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Is the greatest thing in the world when you have it..
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Tough call... I'm going to say Ghandi, I think he did the most good for the most people.
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I congratulate you for realizing the importance of this. Yes. YES. But why not honor this individual NOW....while he is still alive to appreciate the sentiment of his nation.