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[–] 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

It's not all that different to a fax machine, the way it's described in st.

You just need to be able to accurately scan and place atoms to achieve the 'teleportation' being discussed here.

Thinking about it even that is probably not possible, as you'd need to know both the position and momentum and state of every sub atomic particle in the body.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's definitely not because the more you know about an electrons position, the less you know about it's speed and vice versa.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Heisenberg compensators are Star Trek's answer to that. It's physically impossible to do that in the real world, but in Star Trek they've figured it out

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