In the words of Homer Simpson, beer is the cause of (and the solution to) all of life’s problems. However, we are not going to focus on the causes here. Instead, this clip is focused on the many innovations that can actually be attributed to this popular spirit.
Tom Blank of Weird History Food is here to make sure that you learn everything you need to know.
It’s an astonishing clip and we were today years old when we learned of much of this. This list of groundbreaking innovations has to be seen to be believed.
Carbonation, the t-test, pH measurement, and thermodynamics are chief among them. We had no idea that thermodynamics was actually pioneered by someone who happened to own a brewery. As they say, necessity is the mother of invention.
In addition to the aforementioned innovations, refrigeration, bottling and pasteurization are also attributed to beer. As it turns out, we are not the only ones who thought of Homer Simpson’s timeless quote when we saw this clip. Tom Blank was sure to invoke this great philosopher when he spoke about these innovations as well. “As summed up by Homer Simpson, the most important philosopher of the 20th century: Beer is the cause of and solution to all of life’s problems. The amber liquid deserves a fair share of the credit for a lot of major changes and advances throughout humanity’s history,” he said in the video.
Frederich Engles and Karl Marx were even able to come up with the initial ideas that would eventually become communism over a few beers, which is another story that we had never heard before.
“Ever heard of this thing called Communism? That’s right, the philosophical doctrine that’s had a huge impact on the world for over a century might never have come about if it weren’t for a legendary beer-drinking session between two friends, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels…,” Blank shares. We are tipping our caps (and our beverages) to Blank for uncovering all of this information.
We had no idea that beer had played such a key role in the evolution of our society. There are so many inventions that may not have happened at nearly the same pace if not for beer and this is something that deserves to be commended. Hooray for beer!