this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2023
53 points (100.0% liked)
Science
12958 readers
96 users here now
Studies, research findings, and interesting tidbits from the ever-expanding scientific world.
Subcommunities on Beehaw:
Be sure to also check out these other Fediverse science communities:
This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Yeah, that's a pretty strong statement. I'm sure if we had the technology it would see a ton of use. Could we survive without it? Sure, but that goes for most useful technologies.
Warp drive, replicator, holodeck, transporters.... So many technologies in ST that would change everything if they existed.
Particularly replicator and transporter. It would completely pancake down the entirety of the manufacturing and transport industries.
I'd not trust transporters, but replicators would be great. If I had replicators, I'd open a replicator restaurant, then hire a few chefs to just cook random stuff all day to scan and then give out to the guests.
Maybe I'd travel around the world, scanning the best and freshest ingredients. But I'd travel by shuttle, not transporter.