• Question: If you had a Time And Relitive Dimension In Space what invention would you go back and introduce to society so you could get credit for it (in this scenario there are no reprocussions in the space time continuum)?

    Asked by HawkeyeBow888 to Dominic, Maedeh, Matthew, Matt, Monica on 11 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Matthew Round

      Matthew Round answered on 11 Mar 2016:

      If there were no repercussions there wouldnt be much point would there? Assuming you mean no negative repercussions I think I’d go back and tell everyone about the work of Pasteur and Fleming much earlier as it’s likely we could have saved many millions of lives over the years understanding what we now know about bacteria.

      Edit: I think i may have misunderstood your question, if you are talking about purely taking credit for an invention then it would be pretty sweet to have come up with http and the creation of the world wide web. An invention that has truly changed the world. Not that it’s cool to steal people’s ideas of course.

    • Photo: Dominic Eggbeer

      Dominic Eggbeer answered on 11 Mar 2016:

      Wow – this is a deep question on many levels! I don’t think I could do it, but I’d I’d love to have introduced the bike. Used by billions, still the most efficient form of transport, low cost and great fun. I think my cycling obsession is showing through here.

    • Photo: Monica Rozeik

      Monica Rozeik answered on 12 Mar 2016:

      Oh tough question! I’m glad you assumed there would be no repercussions, although I think that would be impossible if the reason for me to go back was so I could take credit.

      I wouldn’t like to go back and take credit for someone else’s idea…although if I had to pick one, I wish the steam engine was my idea. It powered so many things back during the industrial revolution such as cars, trains and factories which increased manufacturing and food production.

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      Matthew Oldfield answered on 14 Mar 2016:

      Ooooohhh. It would be fun to invent the steam engine and take credit for it. That transformed our lives and then I’d also have a pub in Liverpool named after my invention too.

      If I could go back and have credit for a scientific discovery it would probably be gravity.

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