Thursday May 2: Tea...Earl Grey...Hot

Greetings, fellow scholars!

So now that we have been talking about resources for some time now, I thought it might be fruitful -- and interesting-- to consider what would happen if every nation on earth had "replicators" like they do in the old science fiction show "Star Trek". You know, the devices where you say something like "tea...Earl Grey...hot" and out pops a piping hot cup of the sort of tea you drink when you're sitting in the billiards room, wondering aloud if Britannia will ever regain her colonies.

So let's suppose that every nation did have these devices. They could literally create any resource they want or need. Would this end all wars over resources? Would it usher in an era of universal peace? Or would it have some other effect?

Here's what I'm looking for:

A)  At least six reasons -- three pro and three con -- why there either would or would not be universal peace resulting from this. At least one complete sentence per reason.

B) Two additional possible outcomes --- please base them on something that's possible, even if seemingly fantastic. Sort of like intelligent life deciding to look for something worthwhile, and then somehow ending up here searching for it on planet Earth. At least four complete sentences per outcome

send it all my way in an email with your name and  Tea...Earl Grey...Hot in the subject line

cheers,

Mr. L