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Permalink Reply by Vicente Soler on October 20, 2011 at 4:36am

I got a self-awareness, self-preservation conundrum for you, assuming teleportation works by scanning your molecular structure and regenerating it in another place:

- Scenario A: You are copied and destroyed at the exact same time, this has the same effect as just moving to the other place. First you were in one place, then you are in another. No conundrum here.

- Scenario B: You are destroyed just a few seconds after you are copied to another place. Imagine the operator telling to the original you "OK, you were copied successfully, I'm just going to kill you now since you are happily enjoying life in another place."

Permalink Reply by Michael Pryor on October 20, 2011 at 9:14am

maybe they use ctrl+X instead. ;)

Permalink Reply by Vicente Soler on October 20, 2011 at 9:53am

That's a variation of Scenario A, in which your molecular structure is copied and at the exact same time you are destroyed, but you are expected to be regenerated some time in the future. This is like if you are in a coma or cryogenically frozen for some time, so there's no conundrum here.

Permalink Reply by shaun on October 20, 2011 at 10:38am

Thanks guys....this is not helping my dilemma could we also address creating the lofted fiber optics?

Permalink Reply by Vicente Soler on October 20, 2011 at 11:04am

Can you describe a bit more formally what you are trying to achieve? Maybe a hand drawn sketch on top of your images.

What I think you want is maybe wavy cables floating all over the place. Might be very dangerous, if someone accidentally trips disconnecting one, lives are lost.

Permalink Reply by Yoann Mescam (Systemiq) on October 20, 2011 at 11:56am

Giger style!