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== Reception == A 2016 article in ''[[The New Yorker]]'' noted that replicators may be a "metaphor for the distant endpoint of the Industrial Revolution".<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/the-enduring-lessons-of-star-trek|title=The Enduring Lessons of "Star Trek"|last=Saadia|first=Manu|magazine=The New Yorker|date=2016-09-08|access-date=2019-07-24|language=en|issn=0028-792X}}</ref> They point out that technology as presented in ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' changes the moral equation of being human, because nearly anything you want can be created with a request.<ref name=":0" /> They note that Captain Picard's favorite beverage, [[Earl Grey tea]], is created by the replicator, and the character often states "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot" during the television show.<ref name=":0" /> The beverage is then seen being produced in the replicator with a special visual and sound effect.<ref name=":0" />
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