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Is it possible to transport humans and things through air?

dixonselvan

I wonder how it would be if we can transport human beings or other things like luggage, goods and livestock through air. Something similar to teleport. Is it really possible to break atoms and combine them again at a different place? image

 

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  • Unfortunately, there are fatal flaws in the idea.

     

    While it might be possible one day to deconstruct every atom in  person and then reassemble them in correct order, it would be nearly impossible to capture all of the metadata within the body that makes you, you.

     

    You not only need the correct atoms, but you also need the precise number of photons around the atom to capture the exact state of each atom.

     

    The complexity of nearly every living thing is more than just its collection of atoms.  There are genetic constructs within those atoms that keep the object functioning.  Since we do not know how any of those things works, then reconstructing the exact state of the array of atoms become moot.

     

    The other issue is moral.  You essentially have to kill yourself to transport and recreate yourself somewhere else.  It is a suicide and resurrection conundrum.  Even if you can do it, should you?

     

    That added to the other issue of reliability of information and state transfer makes such a process extremely hazardous.

     

    As Douglas pointed out, that is a lot of data to transfer.  Even a one part per billion error rate would leave serious flaws in the copy.

     

    Think about all of the errors you get everyday in web searches.  Then extrapolate that into people transfers.  Are you really prepared to live with the consequences?

     

    DAB

  • in reply to DAB

    Yes, I didn't get into the state of each atom, but it is quite conceivable that the structure and state of all the subatomic particles in every single atom could individually take more data to accurately describe than what is stored on all the google servers right now. Each quark could be like an entire universe - we essentially have no knowledge at this level.

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  • in reply to DAB

    Yes, I didn't get into the state of each atom, but it is quite conceivable that the structure and state of all the subatomic particles in every single atom could individually take more data to accurately describe than what is stored on all the google servers right now. Each quark could be like an entire universe - we essentially have no knowledge at this level.

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