20 Human Mistakes That Changed History Forever
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Date: 2025-01-19
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stefanhopfer3905
. a thougt - what are the standards, where do we draw boundaries, and what could be goals for improvement Thinking along these lines, one might radically trace errors back to the Neolithic Revolutionthe rise of cities, civilizations, religions, writing, the industrial revolution, and later digitalization, including the film industry and the cursed smartphones, culminating now in artificial intelligence. Yet, even this barely scratches the surface when examining the chain of mistakes. To be truly radical, one would need to question creation itself. Believers might say this means confronting God, challenging the divine decision-makingstarting, at least from our human perspective, with the e. g. separation into genders, which doesn’t seem like the most fortunate choice, 'cause self-reproduction, akin to cell division workss.
Why all this struggle But even this view is superficial when considering how much destruction is necessary for life itselfmerely existing, at different levels, inherently requires selfishness -conflicts.
(Ok, it just seems less brutal if we don’t think about it too deeply and live in the supposed civility of a city)
So, even regressing to a pre-Neolithic state, or further - back to beeing animals, or even the level of cells, solves nothing.
The same struggles persist everywhere, and we could describe the entire unified conceptthe essence of being, existence itself as a fault. Especially when realizing that everything will ultimately collapse, burn out, or freeze if we follow this line of thought to its timeline conclusion.
. only a thought.
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. a thougt - what are the standards, where do we draw boundaries, and what could be goals for improvement Thinking along these lines, one might radically trace errors back to the Neolithic Revolutionthe rise of cities, civilizations, religions, writing, the industrial revolution, and later digitalization, including the film industry and the cursed smartphones, culminating now in artificial intelligence. Yet, even this barely scratches the surface when examining the chain of mistakes. To be truly radical, one would need to question creation itself. Believers might say this means confronting God, challenging the divine decision-makingstarting, at least from our human perspective, with the e. g. separation into genders, which doesn’t seem like the most fortunate choice, 'cause self-reproduction, akin to cell division workss.
Why all this struggle But even this view is superficial when considering how much destruction is necessary for life itselfmerely existing, at different levels, inherently requires selfishness -conflicts.
(Ok, it just seems less brutal if we don’t think about it too deeply and live in the supposed civility of a city)
So, even regressing to a pre-Neolithic state, or further - back to beeing animals, or even the level of cells, solves nothing.
The same struggles persist everywhere, and we could describe the entire unified conceptthe essence of being, existence itself as a fault. Especially when realizing that everything will ultimately collapse, burn out, or freeze if we follow this line of thought to its timeline conclusion.
. only a thought.
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LoutreDeMetal
Come on. The US did not offer nice terms to the Japanese post WWII. They had to have their government in the style chose by the US, lose a certain amount of territories, have many of their general executed for war crimes using legislation that did not exist before the war, and I could go on. The only difference is that the Treaty of Versailles did deal harsh terms, but maintained Germany as a potential threat because it was the British view at the time that completely breaking Germany (as it was done post WWII by the US) would leave France to be too dominant on the continent. Furthermore, you imply that Austria Hungary was not punished, but it basically ceased to exist: it was broken down into pieces.
Honestly blaming WWII solely on the French position that there should be reparations and that the US did such a better job post WWII is just misinformation. The difference is mostly that at the end of WWII, all sides were A-OK ripping Germany appart, taking its territories, and forcing civilians to move (like in what is now the Kaliningrad area.
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Come on. The US did not offer nice terms to the Japanese post WWII. They had to have their government in the style chose by the US, lose a certain amount of territories, have many of their general executed for war crimes using legislation that did not exist before the war, and I could go on. The only difference is that the Treaty of Versailles did deal harsh terms, but maintained Germany as a potential threat because it was the British view at the time that completely breaking Germany (as it was done post WWII by the US) would leave France to be too dominant on the continent. Furthermore, you imply that Austria Hungary was not punished, but it basically ceased to exist: it was broken down into pieces.
Honestly blaming WWII solely on the French position that there should be reparations and that the US did such a better job post WWII is just misinformation. The difference is mostly that at the end of WWII, all sides were A-OK ripping Germany appart, taking its territories, and forcing civilians to move (like in what is now the Kaliningrad area.
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seanmalloy7249
You can add the inflexibility of Austrian nobility to the causes of WWI. Because Sophie Chotek, the woman Archduke Ferdinand married, although duchess of Hohenburg, was not a member of an appropriate social class, she could not appear with him at official events. The Archduke loved his wife, however, and found a way around the proscription. In his role as Inspector-General of the Austrian military, he was outside of the restrictions of the Austrian nobility, and undertook to travel to Bosnia to inspect the Austrian forces there, where, in Sarajevo, he and his wife could ride in an open vehicle side by side. Had he been able to appear at social functions in the company of his wife, he would not have needed to undertake excursions like his trip to Sarajevo, and would not have been in a position to be assassinated.
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You can add the inflexibility of Austrian nobility to the causes of WWI. Because Sophie Chotek, the woman Archduke Ferdinand married, although duchess of Hohenburg, was not a member of an appropriate social class, she could not appear with him at official events. The Archduke loved his wife, however, and found a way around the proscription. In his role as Inspector-General of the Austrian military, he was outside of the restrictions of the Austrian nobility, and undertook to travel to Bosnia to inspect the Austrian forces there, where, in Sarajevo, he and his wife could ride in an open vehicle side by side. Had he been able to appear at social functions in the company of his wife, he would not have needed to undertake excursions like his trip to Sarajevo, and would not have been in a position to be assassinated.
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seanmalloy7249
The design of the Titanic to remain afloat with up to four flooded compartments was rendered worthless by the fact that the watertight bulkheads did not extend all the way up the hull; as a result, as the flooding made the ship settle by the bow, the flooding of the first compartment overtopped the first watertight bulkhead, water rushing into the second, and then repeated down the ship until it exceeded the reserve buoyancy of the vessel. The clip shown from the movie clearly shows a side-view blueprint showing where the watertight bulkheads ended, several decks below the main deck.
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The design of the Titanic to remain afloat with up to four flooded compartments was rendered worthless by the fact that the watertight bulkheads did not extend all the way up the hull; as a result, as the flooding made the ship settle by the bow, the flooding of the first compartment overtopped the first watertight bulkhead, water rushing into the second, and then repeated down the ship until it exceeded the reserve buoyancy of the vessel. The clip shown from the movie clearly shows a side-view blueprint showing where the watertight bulkheads ended, several decks below the main deck.
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jsandoval3226
Mexico putting down an insurrection on Mexican territory (The Alamo) was no blunder. It was the White Anglo-Protestant slave owners who agreed to become Catholic Mexican citizens in exchange for free land and to defend against Mexican renegade Indians who fought everyone regardless. In fact it was time for the Anglo-squatters to pay their taxes to their new country Mexico, but they chose treason and Slavery.
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Mexico putting down an insurrection on Mexican territory (The Alamo) was no blunder. It was the White Anglo-Protestant slave owners who agreed to become Catholic Mexican citizens in exchange for free land and to defend against Mexican renegade Indians who fought everyone regardless. In fact it was time for the Anglo-squatters to pay their taxes to their new country Mexico, but they chose treason and Slavery.
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antonsmirnov987
the Titanic's bulkheads did not reach all the way to the ceiling - the plans were changed at the last minute, to allow decorative ceiling tiles instead of bare metal (the manufacturer falsified records to hide this change after the Titanic sank. So even if only a single compartment had flooded initially, the ship would have sunk. It may have just taken a little longer.
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the Titanic's bulkheads did not reach all the way to the ceiling - the plans were changed at the last minute, to allow decorative ceiling tiles instead of bare metal (the manufacturer falsified records to hide this change after the Titanic sank. So even if only a single compartment had flooded initially, the ship would have sunk. It may have just taken a little longer.
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corgeousgeorge
biggest mistake in history (we'll know soon enough that is was) Making fun of Donald Trump at the National Correspondent's Dinner. I believe it was Seth Meyers who did it first and then a year or two later, President Obama roasted Trump. Both of those were BIIIIIIIIIG mistakes. I don't blame them tho, who woulda thunk that joker would obtain the Presidency twice.
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biggest mistake in history (we'll know soon enough that is was) Making fun of Donald Trump at the National Correspondent's Dinner. I believe it was Seth Meyers who did it first and then a year or two later, President Obama roasted Trump. Both of those were BIIIIIIIIIG mistakes. I don't blame them tho, who woulda thunk that joker would obtain the Presidency twice.
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josephlowes5051
I would of put if the Doctors didn't misdiagnosis the German Emperor Frederick III's cancer. If he would of lived and had a long raign he may have transformed the German Empire into a Constitutional Monarchy which would of prevented both World War 1 and 2. But they did and he only lived 99 days and his son Wilhelm II policies led to Germany into World War 1.
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I would of put if the Doctors didn't misdiagnosis the German Emperor Frederick III's cancer. If he would of lived and had a long raign he may have transformed the German Empire into a Constitutional Monarchy which would of prevented both World War 1 and 2. But they did and he only lived 99 days and his son Wilhelm II policies led to Germany into World War 1.
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Novas9510
Driver who spoke Czech was Leopodl Lojka soldier of Austria-Hungary empire and personal driver of Count Harrach who was in the car as well.
He understood german or at least understood what Harrach told him. They told him change of the route at the last minute because d'Este wanted to visit people injured during bomb attack.
And the Trojan war Really
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Driver who spoke Czech was Leopodl Lojka soldier of Austria-Hungary empire and personal driver of Count Harrach who was in the car as well.
He understood german or at least understood what Harrach told him. They told him change of the route at the last minute because d'Este wanted to visit people injured during bomb attack.
And the Trojan war Really
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mightymadzak
You forgot one: Japan's decision to bomb Pearl Harbor. American citizens still remembered the horrors of WWI and the majority were against joining WWII. Pearl Harbor changed that sentiment. After WWII the US emerged as the first global superpower. That has had a major impact in global events and world history for the past 80 years.
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You forgot one: Japan's decision to bomb Pearl Harbor. American citizens still remembered the horrors of WWI and the majority were against joining WWII. Pearl Harbor changed that sentiment. After WWII the US emerged as the first global superpower. That has had a major impact in global events and world history for the past 80 years.
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iminabrons
20 Human Mistakes That Changed History Forever
And you think one of them was the Challenger explosion!
Come on now, you have the nerve to cite this after the Chinese Cultural Revolution where millions died. Compared to that disaster the Challenger explosion was like someone knocking over a garbage bin at 3 am.
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20 Human Mistakes That Changed History Forever
And you think one of them was the Challenger explosion!
Come on now, you have the nerve to cite this after the Chinese Cultural Revolution where millions died. Compared to that disaster the Challenger explosion was like someone knocking over a garbage bin at 3 am.
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bradjorban
I love how in a video about human mistakes, you showed the Netflix series Marco Polo when discussing Genghis Khan, as though the two men had any connection, let alone met. That would be quite the feat, given that he died around 1227 and Polo wasn't born for another 27 years. Maybe you thought all Khans look alike
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I love how in a video about human mistakes, you showed the Netflix series Marco Polo when discussing Genghis Khan, as though the two men had any connection, let alone met. That would be quite the feat, given that he died around 1227 and Polo wasn't born for another 27 years. Maybe you thought all Khans look alike
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cpcrn7036
Woodstock '99, Bud Light, Edsel, Uvalde school shooting; Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson Superbowl halftime performance; The Station Nightclub fire; Altamonte free concert; The Who concert in Cincinnati; Brooke Shields underage filming; Terri Schindler-Schaivo expedited death; Trump assassination attempts.
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Woodstock '99, Bud Light, Edsel, Uvalde school shooting; Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson Superbowl halftime performance; The Station Nightclub fire; Altamonte free concert; The Who concert in Cincinnati; Brooke Shields underage filming; Terri Schindler-Schaivo expedited death; Trump assassination attempts.
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qrow7215
The burning of the Baghdad House Of Wisdom in 1258 cost humanity thousands of years of written accounts, knowledge and history that will never be recovered and the monk who wrote prayers on a page of previously undiscovered mathematics set humanities knowledge of maths and science back about 800 years
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The burning of the Baghdad House Of Wisdom in 1258 cost humanity thousands of years of written accounts, knowledge and history that will never be recovered and the monk who wrote prayers on a page of previously undiscovered mathematics set humanities knowledge of maths and science back about 800 years
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Kitty-CatDaddy
The 'United States' did NOT commit war crimes. That would imply that the government of the US ordered and/or sanctioned those crimes. Those crimes were committed by individual officers and soldiers who were then investigated, arrested and charged when their crimes were discovered.
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The 'United States' did NOT commit war crimes. That would imply that the government of the US ordered and/or sanctioned those crimes. Those crimes were committed by individual officers and soldiers who were then investigated, arrested and charged when their crimes were discovered.
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oleholm5601
The biggest mistake was voting for Trump. Hes a psycotic meglomaniac. So selfcentered and greedy. He can only ruin america and possible the whole world with his greed and his agression. He want to overtaz danish companies, so i hope they raise their prices for products sold to america.
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The biggest mistake was voting for Trump. Hes a psycotic meglomaniac. So selfcentered and greedy. He can only ruin america and possible the whole world with his greed and his agression. He want to overtaz danish companies, so i hope they raise their prices for products sold to america.
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watchmojo
Titanic did not have too few lifeboats; it had more than was required. We have to remember how they were thinking. They did not expect that in the case of sinking the nearest ship would ignore them. The purpose of the lifeboats was to ferry between ships.
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Titanic did not have too few lifeboats; it had more than was required. We have to remember how they were thinking. They did not expect that in the case of sinking the nearest ship would ignore them. The purpose of the lifeboats was to ferry between ships.
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depalma13
You missed Jefferson Davis firing General Joseph Johnston. One of the biggest mistakes in history. Had Johnston not been fired, the South would have won the war, Lincoln would have lost the election and the United States as we know it would not exist.
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You missed Jefferson Davis firing General Joseph Johnston. One of the biggest mistakes in history. Had Johnston not been fired, the South would have won the war, Lincoln would have lost the election and the United States as we know it would not exist.
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akiira69
Vietnam was never officially declared a war. In the US Congress holds the power to declare a war. The only reason why it was labeled a war far after the conflict has ended was so that the Vietnam Veterans could claim war time benefits from the VA.
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Vietnam was never officially declared a war. In the US Congress holds the power to declare a war. The only reason why it was labeled a war far after the conflict has ended was so that the Vietnam Veterans could claim war time benefits from the VA.
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sammic7492
To say the US were less punitive than the victors of WW1 is laughable, the US decimated Hiroshima and Nagasaki with nuclear weapons and killed approx 250, 000 people, to force them into submission. So it's laughable for you to say what you did.
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To say the US were less punitive than the victors of WW1 is laughable, the US decimated Hiroshima and Nagasaki with nuclear weapons and killed approx 250, 000 people, to force them into submission. So it's laughable for you to say what you did.
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