You know those sci-fi teleporters like in Star Trek where you disappear from one location then instantaneously reappear in another location? Do you trust that they are safe to use?

To fully understand my question, you need to understand the safety concerns regarding teleporters as explained in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQHBAdShgYI

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I wouldn’t, because the person that reappears aint me, its a fucking clone. Teleporters are murder machines. Star Trek is a silent massacre!

  • abbadon420@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    One package drop and you could loose a finger or the ability to tie your shoes or the memory of your wedding day.

    • RichieAdler 🇦🇷@lemmy.myserv.one
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      Yup. Something like that happens in Michael Crichton’s Timeline, where the copy going back and forth in time is imperfect, with relatively low resolution, so things like capillaries sometime connect wrong and people has irrigation problems, bruises, and they even die.

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      1 year ago

      I could also lose those things if something goes wrong in any other form of transportation. Memory loss can happen due to brain damage which could happen if you’re on a ship when it sinks. I could lose a finger if someone slams a car door on my hand, or get paralyzed from the waist down in a derailment and be unable to tie my shoes.