: When it comes down to it the problem is ultimately an informational one, not
: a physical one. Before we can do any of this, or something like
: replication (a closely related technology), we need atomic (or subatomic)
: level fully 3D scanners, such that you could record the position of every
: particle, including it's exact position and velocity, and it's a physical
: impossibility to know both at once... so basically it can't be done. I'm
: much more interested in personal wormholes or FTL systems, allowing one to
: move in distorted time or space... could make for some fun bullet-time
: moves, too :-)
I think a bigger problem is, what happens to your consciousness during the teleportation? Would the person who went through the teleporter be aware that he had arrived, or would his mind have been dissipated by the process of reducing him to bits or disconnected atoms and a new clone created at the destination? Even if "real" teleportation is invented and made totally reliable within my lifetime, I would not use it for this reason (the fact that the resulting clone of me would make exactly the same decisions as me and live out the rest of his life as I would is cold comfort).
