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June 20th, 2002, 04:10 PM
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Re: Real life star trek in the making
I wonder....
Suppose you were to pull a prank and make it so the transporter didn't transport clothing....
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June 20th, 2002, 04:42 PM
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Re: Real life star trek in the making
Of course everyone has a soul. But to make a transporter work you simply have to configure it to also duplicate the persons soul exactly. With numerous and overlaping data parity checks it should be a simple matter really. I suppose maybe God could tell the difference, but we can always hack into His mainframe and reset the database that He uses to keep track of all that stuff. Being omiscient He may suspect something unusual is going on, but He won't be able to prove it.
EDIT: Of course as an alternative we could use the transporter for the body and send the soul modulated on a high power carrier wave. Then you have no ethical issues to deal with because you aren't duplicating the soul. And you would not have any problems with non-destoyed duplicate bodies laying around, because it would be quite obviouse to everyone they are just souless shells. But that would limit the range of the transporter somewhat.
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June 20th, 2002, 05:27 PM
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Re: Real life star trek in the making
Whatever... In any case I don't think I will ever travel with a means of transport that requires my body being sent to /dev/null  |
June 20th, 2002, 06:06 PM
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Re: Real life star trek in the making
The first thing I want to see is how many watermelons were destroyed, exploded, turned inside out, and defied the laws of the universe.
I also want to know the same for the pigs used in testing of it.
Anyone ever see Galaxy Quest? You know what I'm talking about...
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June 20th, 2002, 07:03 PM
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Re: Real life star trek in the making
Anyone remember "The Fly"?
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June 20th, 2002, 07:21 PM
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Re: Real life star trek in the making
The actual workings of it aren't really a transporter are they? Or am I functionally illiterate?
They destroy you on one end, and then recreate you on the other end, but not using the same matter.
If so, couldn't you make copies of yourself?
Like a print screen.
Number of Copies: 5
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Re: Real life star trek in the making
Quote:
Originally posted by Jmenschenfresser:
...If so, couldn't you make copies of yourself?
Like a print screen.
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