keenanpepper to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoSuppose you had a Star Trek replicator that had some extra obvious features, like being able to interpolate between any existing items (e.g. "halfway between a strawberry and a blueberry").message-squaremessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1117arrow-down1message-squareSuppose you had a Star Trek replicator that had some extra obvious features, like being able to interpolate between any existing items (e.g. "halfway between a strawberry and a blueberry").keenanpepper to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square77fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekairo79 @lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoI would order all the dishes that I no longer eat because animals have to die for them. Replicated would be morally okay with me
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoFish. I have yet to have good plant-based fish. Oooh, I could have normal sushi again.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoBut how does the replicator work? Does it spawn a universe where your cow grows up and is slaughtered and cooked into a burger? Would that result in a greater cow-to-burger ratio than real life?
minus-squarekairo79 @lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoFrom my understanding, it works like a 3D Printer. So no Animal must die!
I would order all the dishes that I no longer eat because animals have to die for them. Replicated would be morally okay with me
Fish. I have yet to have good plant-based fish. Oooh, I could have normal sushi again.
But how does the replicator work? Does it spawn a universe where your cow grows up and is slaughtered and cooked into a burger?
Would that result in a greater cow-to-burger ratio than real life?
From my understanding, it works like a 3D Printer. So no Animal must die!