Me: Hey Jeff... remember that thing on Star Trek: Next Generation that makes food out of nothing?
Jeff: YES!
Me: What's it called, again? The teleporter?
Jeff: No! It's called...the Replicator. Essentially what it does is de-materialize all the waste products into base molecules which are then used by replicators to generate food, maintenance materials, tools, and so forth.
It all comes down to matter and energy- they are the same thing, and one can be turned into another at any time, using that technology. Which is currently fictional.
Not to be confused with the replicator on Stargate SG-1. That's an alien race. An alien race of robot species. They're like cylons on Battlestar Galactica.
Me: OK...But do you believe it [Replicator, matter and energy interchangeability]?
Jeff: I think we can imagine it, we can create it.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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