What Invention is SO GOOD that it Actually CAN'T be Improved Upon?
Am I the Genius?
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🗓️ 6 February 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | What invention is so good that it actually can't be improved upon? |
| 0:06.1 | I've heard the pin-setter machine in bowling alleys has never had a redesign. It was perfect already. |
| 0:11.4 | As of modern day, new high-end pin-settters have actually got no perceivable way to change their core design. |
| 0:17.4 | I'm training to be a pin-setter mechanic and like three-quarters of my close family |
| 0:20.9 | also knows at least intermediate pin-setter stuff. P-trap, a simple, elegant way to prevent |
| 0:27.2 | odour from coming into your house via the sink, toilet, and other amenities. A lot of Asia |
| 0:32.3 | still doesn't use this, and trust me, it makes a huge difference. I lived in China for 18 |
| 0:37.1 | years. At one stage, I was in a 30-story |
| 0:39.7 | apartment with no petrep. The bathroom was actually located in the center of the apartment and had |
| 0:44.7 | Louvre Doors. The pipes were straight drops from the top of the building to the bottom. There were |
| 0:49.8 | four apartments on each floor, one in each corner. We each had our own set of pipes we shared |
| 0:55.0 | with all the people in that position on every floor. Whenever somebody in my corner of the building |
| 0:59.7 | flushed the toilet, on any floor above me, I was on the fourth, the Louvre doors would blow |
| 1:04.6 | open just a little bit with toilet air. Even with the lid on, it happened. This greatly contributed |
| 1:10.6 | to the spread of SARS. |
| 1:13.3 | You know, a mirror is about as good as it gets for its usage. |
| 1:17.5 | The XLR cable. Until they can beam something directly into your head, we kind of hit a dead end for perceived sound. |
| 1:24.5 | The simplicity of what a cable can do by allowing both AC and DC power to flow through |
| 1:29.3 | so you can power and draw signal from a microphone. |
| 1:32.3 | Plus, the fact that it's so simple to remove the noise you get from outside interference |
| 1:36.3 | makes it even more genius. |
| 1:38.3 | Mmm, phantom power. |
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