Teleportation Terrifying?

[SpaceShip]

j.d. How do you know so much? I read your response with awe.

I must say, though, that I read "The Fly" and I would personally be absolutely petrified - the fly would definitely be there when I was teleported and I'd end up just like he did!

[The Pelagic Argosy]

It seems to me that there are two different things to fear. One has to do with our sense of self-hood. Are we simply a collection of "parts" - just like a Lego castle, but more complicated - that can be taken apart and put back together over and over again with no harm done?...assuming we can acquire the technology to do it. Or is there something more to a human being that can't be replicated this way: a soul or whatever you want to call it.


But back to teleportation. The other thing to fear is simply that every once in awhile, something would go awry with the technology. You could die a horrible death. But is this any different than some peoples' fear of getting on an airplane?

[Nesacat]

I've always liked the idea. if nothing else, it would make travelling, especially to and from work more of a pleasure. I think that if it were a reality, there would be some fear and wariness at the beginning as with most other technological advances. People would then become used to it and subsequent generations would think it was the absolute norm.

There would of course also be people who choose to never use it just as there are people now who shun modern technology. That would be inevitable along with those who will find ways to abuse it by creating myriad copies or tweaking data.