• Segorinder [any]
        ·
        3 years ago

        Okay, I don't want to carry on a debate after we've ended it but I wanted to reassure you here.

        Yes, it's correct that we have the ability to use the principle of teleportation, but at the level we're talking about, it's like saying that people have been putting feathers on arrows for thousands of years, so they could have used principles of aerodynamics to build 747s. There is a MASSIVE gap between the technology we have and the practical engineering that would be required. There will definitely not be human teleportation in your lifetime, or the lifetime of anyone currently alive. I strongly doubt there would be anything anywhere near star trek teleportation in the 24th century. It is a story telling device. You can worry about the philosophical issue if you want, but you absolutely do not need to be worrying about this actually affecting real people.