[lit-ideas] Re: Replicators: 200 John Donnes?
- From: Eric Yost <Mr.Eric.Yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2005 17:18:07 -0400
What would happen if someone builds a device that can replicate
anything, incl. itself?
This could easily become an apocalypse. After months of widespread
consumer satisfaction, some dolt would set his replicator to
'AUTO-REPLICATE."
All the world's raw materials would be converted to billions and
trillions of copies of the machine. Starving human survivors--wandering
through dead landscapes consisting of quadrillions of pocket
calculators, DVD players, pedometers, replicating machines, and other
consumer electronics junk--would soon realize that you can cook a mouse
pad...but you cannot eat a mouse pad.
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