There have been various surveys taken about the most important inventions that impacted civilization. These can be hard to rank when you consider indoor plumbing, electricity, the internal combustion engine, and more. Life magazine did this survey decades ago and many others have followed, but here is the surprising result. Life magazine’s #1 invention was the printing press and this was in the top three in almost every other ranking. When you think of it, that had an impact on religion with reformation, political discussions, and governments and of course scientific development. In 1647 Massachusetts passed the “Old Deluder Satan...