‘Which mind-blowing scientific discoveries got a collective shrug from the world?’ – 17 breakthroughs that deserved better
10.
‘PCR technology turned genetics into a productive science in a way that very few people realize.’
-remes1234
11.
‘The invention of the blue LED. That shit changed absolutely everything in electronics. The Blue LED allowed us the final piece needed to produce true “white” light. Paved the way for everything with a screen’
-Weak_Ad_7269
12.
‘Not a scientist but a student here- central pattern generators. Neuroscientists figured out that our spine can generate rhythmic movement patterns (such as walking) without brain involvement.
‘This is currently being explored for treatment options for spinal cord injury. A local researcher with a lab dedicated to this came to my neuroscience class last semester and did a guest lecture on it. He thinks we’re within 20 years of people paralyzed from SCI being able to walk again with an electric implant. I think about this at least once a week and have never heard this mentioned by non-neuroscience people.’
-lateniteboi420
13.
‘Claude Shannon and information theory. It took a while to grab hold and for the technology to catch up, but computers, cell phones, streaming, www, etc. would have been significantly delayed for not his work.’
-orions_garters
14.
‘I worked on the HPV vaccine. I helped prove you can give it to children and just eliminate that entire disease. never gotta worry about that shit again.
‘Nobody gives a shit. half the country apparently hates us for even doing it.’
-YOUR_TRIGGER
15.
‘Not a scientist but it blows my mind we casually walk around with devices that can show us where we are within a few feet anywhere on earth. And how to get to anywhere else. GPS, led screens, lithium batteries and CPUs. Sometimes it’s the combination that creates something mind blowing.’
-Sir_mjon
16.
‘The discovery of the memory engram, and artificially manipulating memories within the brain.
‘This guy at Boston University was able to not only identify the exact groups of neurons that correspond to an individual memory in the brain, but he was also able to manipulate those memories to delete or artificially create new ones. Really the most sci-fi thing I’ve heard about in real life. Check out Dr. Steve Ramirez’s Ted talk on YouTube, he’s a very down to earth guy and explains the entire subject fantastically.’
-rochambeau44
17.
‘The fax modem. It was invented in 1843 or so, but sat around for 120 years because everyone just sort of shrugged and didn’t really know what to do with it until the Internet was invented. Most people think of it as being heavily in use in the 1970s and 1980s and whatever, but no– it’s a 19th century invention that got a collective shrug from the cowboys of its day.’
-Emma_Exposed
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