tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post2519567271474304281..comments2024-03-28T18:35:54.237+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: Quora level: grandmaster (for one question, anyway)Kevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-46802757966799823832015-11-25T14:38:46.543+09:002015-11-25T14:38:46.543+09:00I read your fascinating answer, and I have to admi...I read your fascinating answer, and I have to admit that I never thought about transporting that deeply. Reading your explanation, though, one question popped into my mind: OK, so we've never really thought about what happens at the destination, but we've also never thought about what happens at the origin. Assuming that we are transporting (I never saw BG, so I can't comment on "jumping") from a location with atmosphere, what happens to the cavity left behind at the origin? Does it remain as a vacuum? If that were the case, we would probably see the effects of that at the origin, but we never do. What if what the transporter does is actually <i>swap</i> the molecules at the origin for the molecules at the destination? Then you'd be left with a Kirk-shaped stone statue in the transporter room.<br /><br />That's probably ridiculous, but that's what came to mind. I'm sure there's an actual answer to this question somewhere--or at least an explanation of what the Star Trek teleportation technology is supposed to be doing. I'm pretty sure the polarity will be reversed somewhere along the way.Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.com