How does Star Trek’s future society work? A world without money seems alien to the point of impossibility to many people. The difficulty in answering this qu...
Things that can not be replicated, or are too complex to replicate easily.
I’m sure, given enough energy and processing power, you could replicated just about anything… but if they already exist naturally, why bother? If it takes less energy to mine, or mix, or harvest latinum than it takes to replicate it, then replication doesn’t make sense for it. That goes for just about every other physical thing as well.
Things that can not be replicated, or are too complex to replicate easily.
I’m sure, given enough energy and processing power, you could replicated just about anything… but if they already exist naturally, why bother? If it takes less energy to mine, or mix, or harvest latinum than it takes to replicate it, then replication doesn’t make sense for it. That goes for just about every other physical thing as well.