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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP20 Feb 2020 10:26 p.m. PST

"Traveling great distances without moving is a bedrock concept in human mythology, fiction, scientific research, and common culture via magical, supernatural, or advanced scientifically knowledge means. This takes the forms of teleporters, transporters, and portal guns in science fiction. These nearly magical devices are able to BAMF! a person, an army, weighted companion cube, or a starship from Point A to Point B nearly instantaneously that could be "not quite as fun as a good solid kick to the head". In this article, FWS will be exploring the nature of the long-held dream of instant travel, the science, and explaining the military applications of such near-mythical and nearly instant technology of matter transmission…."
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chironex21 Feb 2020 5:49 a.m. PST

It all falls flat when you do not account for the fact that the only factual theory of teleportation requires a Quantum Entanglement, meaning you had to have been at both source and destination beforehand; and really only works on information, not matter.

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP21 Feb 2020 11:48 a.m. PST

Thanks!.

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