Can We move atoms by telepotation?

Question

If teleportation is moving an object to another location, then teleportation implies that you move an object faster than the speed of light and it therefor cant be seen. ...
But if not, it implies that you copy all the atoms/quarks, delete them and then "Paste" them (ctrl+x > ctrl+v) in another location making it not the same object, but a direct copy of it.

What would this mean to teleport a human being.. would this human be the same human that left spot A or would he/she be an copy. Would he/she become an exact clone without even knowing it?

If we ever do someday have the technology to teleport human beings, then we will very easily be able to test whether our human mind manifests from the particles of our brain, or by some other means. That will be very good to know.

Answer 1

Stephen King's short story about teleportation, titled "The Jaunt", will tell you all about it. It's not mere fiction; so called science fiction writers such as King are allowed into the most secret scientific research labs and facilities. Science fiction often revolves around something an author has seen or read about, therefore not purely fiction.



The Jaunt is included in a series of short stories by Stephen King in a book named Skeleton Crew.

Answer 2

The human being would not have been the originally one, since in this way, it does not seem to me like ctrl-x and ctrl-v, but more of a ctrl-c and ctrl-v, while deleting the old stuff in the process.



Therefore: the human would not be the same, but an exact copy. One of the problems would seem to me how we can copy the memories and talents in an "atom for atom copy machine" though. I believe that if humans get to the point where we can do this, we would be aware of the fact that we are being copied, and not moved, therefore, he/she would probably not be a clone without knowing it.



When we/if we get this technology, we could probably copy ourselves, and send an exact copy to do the job, instead of sending a copy, while destroying ourselves in the process.

Answer 3

No. The so called "beaming" of particles does not transport anything at all - it is just some sort of a mathematical trick.



Nothing is moved, nothing exceeds the speed of light and the trick also works with other things, though not as magical as in quantum physics. The trick is called quantum entanglement.



Basically, you just have particles pairs, which are always particle and anti-particle, but you don't know which is which until you measure it. Once you measure the identity of one particle, you also know the identity of the other. Because of the uncertainties in quantum physics, you have to deal with the pairs, instead of the individual particles, but the particles can be at different locations.



The magic starts, when you use particles, which are their own antiparticle, like for example photons (This does not work with other kinds of particles). Let's say, the photons have the ability of being "normal" or "upside down". Each photon in a pair has a 50% chance of being upside down. In the moment, you test the orientation of one photon by measuring it, you also know the orientation of the other.



You can in fact, transport information this way, but not faster than the speed of light. The other photon has to move physically to the target, before you can transmit a single information with it. It also does not violate causality.

Answer 4

theoretically it is possible but it would take massive amounts of power.

scientists have actually managed to transport photons, but nothing as big as an atom yet.



as for weather somebody would be a copy or not? well this can be checked with an electron microscope, as atoms carry around "memory" (this is the basis for homoeopathy) and as such, parts of an atom can be looked at like a fingerprint to identify weather a single atom was transported or destroyed and copied

Answer 5

there might be a problem here, coz copy pasting a human being is different, the organization of electric currents and neurons in our brains which makes up our memory would be too hard to copy since they are always moving from axons..

Answer 6

Hehe if only we could permanently delete some people! Not you though, that is a good thought.



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