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Bernardo de La Paz

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2. Teleportation is a fantasy. Always will be. A whole body is too complex at the molecular level

Reply to LastLiberal in PalmSprings (Original post)

Fri Dec 27, 2024, 02:50 AM

Dec 27

Too much information required to somehow 3D print a living breathing organism alive.

Get a few hundred molecules out of place and a whole set of childhood memories are erased or weird new ones created.

There are on the order of 10²⁷ molecules in the human body. That's about the number of grains of sand on the entire earth. Imagine hauling all the sand from Earth to Mars and then being required to reassemble each grain in the right order and right places and orientation, in seconds.

Nah.

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Beam me up, Scotty: Will human teleportation ever become a reality? [View all] LastLiberal in PalmSprings Dec 27 OP

What could possibly go wrong? JoseBalow Dec 27 #1

Teleportation is a fantasy. Always will be. A whole body is too complex at the molecular level Bernardo de La Paz Dec 27 #2

Teleportation isn't going to be a thing PJMcK Dec 27 #3

I read and interesting issue with transporters. thatdemguy Dec 27 #4

"Galaxy Quest" had a great demo of a "matter conveyor" LastLiberal in PalmSprings Dec 29 #5