The deconstruction isn’t a “subroutine”. It’s how the transporter gets the information to begin with. It’s then stored in a transferrable but non-copiable form for however long it takes, and then transferred to the new body as it forms (which removes it from the buffer).
And yes, as already mentioned, I’m ignoring the episodes where the transporter produces a duplicate as not making sense.
And replicators are different because?
Are you an infant? Do you believe the world vanishes when you close your eyes? Do you believe that magicians actually perform supernatural feats? Or are you capable of using logic to extrapolate beyond what your senses tell you?
Imagine if the teleporter used the same position as transmitter and receiver: it just tore you apart and then put “you” together. Would you claim that despite knowing that this is how the machine functions, it hadn’t done anything at all?
I did answer your question. They, the person who was on vacation, and the person who decided to go on vacation are three different people. Two of them committed suicide just to avoid a plane trip, and the third is literally just as stupid.
There are no episodes in which transporter technology makes sense.
Rasputin, is that you?
Oops, yes! The one with “good Kirk/bad Kirk.”
Yep; established in TNG. And…what a can of worms! Why do “surgery” when you can do “information-based surgery.” Want to take out someone’s appendix? Just don’t re-materialize it! (And re-materialize some inert matter in its place to seal off the blood vessels.)
And, indeed, keep another backup on earth, safe and sound in a vault somewhere. Meanwhile, the Klingons use the technology to create vast armies of “clone warriors.” Who fears death, when one is not a living individual in the first place?
This! Absolute agreement.
Replicators don’t need to produce a perfect copy, just a pretty good copy. That’s doable via classical information, which can be duplicated effortlessly. For a working living conscious organism, though, you need quantum information, which resists duplication.
Actually, nobody knows the original Dr. Crusher has been killed. The murder happens out in the woods or something, without witnesses. Clone Crusher just steps into the original’s life, and begins a plan to exact revenge on the crew of the Enterprise.
About halfway through the movie, the crew of the Enterprise would kill Clone Crusher, and then attempt to use the backup copy (stored in computer memory) to resurrect the original. For about five minutes it looks like this worked. Then it turns out that they just ressurected the evil clone again. She “updated” the backup copy to reflect her current state, and the original has now been overwritten and is lost forever.
It’s clones all the way down.
This is insanity, or at the very least suicidal. You are saying you have no problem with ending your life, ending your consciousness, as long as nothing in the universe changes after you die. Who CARES what the universe is like, once YOU are no more?
This whole argument is exactly like the story of the kid on the beach, throwing starfish into the ocean. An adult who “knows better” stops the kid and says “Look at the thousands of starfish washed up on this beach! You can’t possibly make a meaningful difference. Just give it up.” The kid picks up one more starfish and chucks it into the ocean and says, “It mattered to that one.”
It may not matter to the universe, but it sure matters to the poor sap being transported.
The poor sap being transported is the same poor sap that steps out on the other end.
Send them in!
Oh, never mind. I see that they already showed up.
And now a perhaps even more mystifying question: How have the Big Bang Theory guys avoided this discussion?
This is sort of funny, because for a while now, I’ve been trying to figure out how to make an analogy between the “teleport equal death” crowd, and infants not understanding object permanence. Never could figure out a way to do it without coming off like a dick, though.
Sure, to everyone ELSE. But from that poor sap’s perspective, the entire universe HAS ceased to exist. In this case, the peekaboo toddler is RIGHT.
No, from that poor sap’s point of view, the entire Universe has moved some distance thataways. He was in one place, now he’s in a different place.
That’s how the guy who steps OUT of the teleporter would feel, yes. But the guy who stepped in? He is no more. He feels nothing. He’s dead. And many of you seem willing to take his place. That’s what I can’t fathom.
No, he’s not. He’s right there. Go ahead, ask him anything. Try to prove he’s a different person.
Sigh – are you only able to see this from other’s perspectives? The problem is not dealing with other individuals who have been destroyed and recreated, the problem is stepping into the disintegration machine yourself.
You won’t be able to prove anything. You won’t be here. Oh yeah, I’m sure the COPY will do a great job proving that he is exactly like you., but that won’t matter. You won’t be experiencing it.