You know those sci-fi teleporters like in Star Trek where you disappear from one location then instantaneously reappear in another location? Do you trust that they are safe to use?

To fully understand my question, you need to understand the safety concerns regarding teleporters as explained in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQHBAdShgYI

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I wouldn’t, because the person that reappears aint me, its a fucking clone. Teleporters are murder machines. Star Trek is a silent massacre!

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    1 year ago

    To quote MST3k, “It’s just a show, you should really just relax.”

    Non-seriously, though, in Trek lore, energy and mass are still interchangeable via e=mc^2 – the weird conditions on the planet caused the matter stream to be mirrored and the extra energy came from the ship adding More Power to the transport process.

    It probably means that the real, original Riker, made up of atoms that were built from energy from the original Riker is the one that ended up on the planet.

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        1 year ago

        Whenever you’re tempted, remember this is the same show where Dr. Crusher nearly fucked a candle ghost.