Timeline for In Star Trek: the Original Series, does the original die in transportation?
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| Jan 1, 2020 at 21:25 | answer | added | Anthony X | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:43 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jun 15, 2016 at 1:18 | comment | added | Often Right | Related: scifi.stackexchange.com/q/52263/22917 | |
| Jun 14, 2016 at 23:12 | comment | added | user12616 | @PaulL: It is my reason for asking. And given that I was nearly certain I had heard this from an actual official source, I had expected the best answers would actually be able to cite where I had heard this from. If my motivations bother you that much, pretend I asked something like whether the details of the transporter had been decided in ToS and/or about the in-universe history of the transporter. Or I can edit the question if people really think that would improve it. | |
| Jun 14, 2016 at 20:58 | answer | added | Paul L | timeline score: 17 | |
| Jun 14, 2016 at 20:32 | comment | added | Paul L | "I'm sure that I have heard" seems to be the basis for your entire question. You're operating under an assumption and asking us to explain something about your assumption, without providing any grounds for that assumption. | |
| Jun 14, 2016 at 19:06 | comment | added | Major Stackings | Acting in Hollywood is a soulless task. | |
| Jun 14, 2016 at 18:50 | comment | added | NKCampbell | TrekFM's dedicated philosophy show "MetaTreks" addressed the metaphysics of transporters in this episode: trek.fm/meta-treks/28 | |
| Jun 14, 2016 at 14:44 | comment | added | Sareesataka | Along the same lines, if you believe in the existence of the soul, then I wonder how the transporter deals with the meta-physical side of beaming someone who has never gone through the transporter before? If someone with a soul goes through the transporter at point A, and arrives at point B, is that person now just a soulless replicated shell ? | |
| Jun 14, 2016 at 0:07 | answer | added | Valorum | timeline score: 11 | |
| Jun 14, 2016 at 0:07 | comment | added | Catija | Because it's awesome: CGP Grey talks Transporters | |
| Jun 13, 2016 at 23:59 | comment | added | Ixrec | In Enterprise (i.e. before TOS) they were hesitant to use transporters not because of this philosophical issue but because they weren't confident they'd arrive on the other side in one piece, so there's one interesting datum. I also checked the ST:TNG "Bible" and while it does have a transporter section, the changes it mentions do not include anything that would affect this question. | |
| Jun 13, 2016 at 23:56 | comment | added | Ham Sandwich | I doubt that people would transport if it killed them. | |
| Jun 13, 2016 at 23:54 | comment | added | Rand al'Thor♦ | Ooh. Obligatory Doctor Who reference to Heaven Sent. | |
| Jun 13, 2016 at 23:51 | history | asked | user12616 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |