Comment on Star Trek Discovery Kind of Forgot There Were No Replicators in the 23rd Century
buddascrayon@lemmy.world 2 days agoThe food replicators converted energy directly into food the same way transporters convert a person from matter into energy and then back again. What he was describing was a completely different type of process likely mechanical and chemical in nature.
Note he did not say one of the things they turned waste into was food.
usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Enterprise is the one Trek show I haven’t managed to finish, so I’ll have to take your word for it. I always assumed “food” was getting glossed over with that bashful “you name it”.