Is fire more important than the wheel?

Answer 1

This is a very vague question, so I will give you a vague answer. The answer is yes, in some instances, and no in others. In order to understand which is important, you must first ask yourself why you are asking this question? What are the circumstance at the time? Are you forced to choose between fire and a wheel as a means or survival, escape, security? Both fire and the wheel have been an invaluable tool throughout history. Fire is a tool for cooking, defense, and security. It gives warmth and light. Unharnessed it can bring destruction. The wheel on the other hand is a tool designed by man. It is mans first effort to harness and overcome the forces of nature. The wheel, can also take on the connotation of innovation as a whole. The fire and wheel could then be contrasted as opposites. Fire, untamed, is nature in it's wild element, the wheel, is mans attempt to control nature. In this context the wheel has brought upon the ability of man to sow, far, plant, harvest, travel, trade, battle, and brought man from the stone age into the age of innovation. So the answer is in there somewhere. You just need to find out what you meant by the question. Did you mean literally, philosophically, or were you just asking that question to see if anyone would actually give it serious thought? Probably, because fire is a survival tool, wheras the wheel is only a way of moving things more efficently. The discovery and use of fire predates the invention of the wheel by many years. If you are freezing, a wheel will not help you, nor will it help you if you have food that is too tough to chew, and might have dangerous bacteria.