Since transporters strip away and record every atom so their information can be transmitted to the receiver, anything undesirable can be filtered out. I’ve read stories where one of the benefits of teleportation is the elimination of disease. Those bacteria, viruses and cancer cells would simply be discarded. The downside is, you have to be killed, but an identical copy is created elsewhere. So is it you or….?
Since transporters strip away and record every atom so their information can be transmitted to the receiver, anything undesirable can be filtered out. I’ve read stories where one of the benefits of teleportation is the elimination of disease. Those bacteria, viruses and cancer cells would simply be discarded. The downside is, you have to be killed, but an identical copy is created elsewhere. So is it you or….?