Bill, you have a few laws of physics that are in the way of the transporter.
First, the heisenberg uncertainty principle says that the more you try to
determine the position of any given particle the more you impact it’s
environment and can’t know it’s exact position. Let’s say you solve that
problem you then have an information problem. The amount of information it
would take to beam a person would take more bandwidth than has been deployed
since the beginning of the universe. (at least as far as we’re concerned some
other species we don’t know of may have beat us to the punch but we have no way
to prove that yet)
Assuming you then solve the information problem and you solve the
uncertainty problem you have the problem that no 2 exact copies can exist in
the universe at any one time. So the act of beaming would destroy the original
and create a perfect copy in the new location. Do to the principle of quantum
super positioning you couldn’t have the original (you) and the copy (you
copied) exist at the same time. So the question you have to ask your self is
even if I know where my particles are and even if I have enough bandwidth to
transmit them would I want to because I wouldn’t be me, I’d be an exact copy of
me indistinguishable from the original. So yeah beaming could be a strange
experience.
Note though IBM and some other companies have successfully beamed
individual photons and basic components like that. Having the ability to
teleport photons would be good for quantum computers. So there is work being
done in this area, I’m just not sure you’ll want to jump in one to get baseball
tickets.
> On Sep 18, 2015, at 2:32 PM, Bill Gallik <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> This thread regarding ACV’s begs the question; when will the “Star Trek”
> transporters be available? Just think, sitting in a cafe in New York City
> discussing the Yankees prospects and in the blink of an eye being transported
> to the ticket line in California in time to take in an afternoon game against
> the Angels!
>
> The question is then, would the “reconstructed you” really be you or only a
> clone?
>
> Personally, I find the prospect of a safely self-driving vehicle quite
> inviting!
>
> - Bill & Leader Dog Holland
>
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