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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sargon: [QB] [QUOTE] after beaming down is literally identical to the original down to the last subatomic particle, is there truly any difference of consequence? [/QUOTE]Yes, there is a consequence. You have a duplicate. If we used the Tranporter to duplicate me on the surface of a planet, leaving the original on the ship, then that is not "me" on the planet. He is the same as me, but not me. It would be a great Sci-Fi concept for stories: Your ship warps up to an unexplored planet, beams down [i]duplicates[/i] of your best people, then if anything goes bad, like the disease in [i]Miri[/i] or [i]Omega Glory[/i] you don't beam them back up. Tough luck dupe', thems the breaks. Locals overwhelmed your 3 Redshirts? No problems, beam down a hundred. In fact, no matter how well a mission goes, you never beam them back up; they just stay on the planet as ambassadores or colonists or for further scientific study. After all, you don't want any of the messiness that comes from having a ship with 9 Kirks, a dozen Spocks, etc. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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