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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Bernd: [QB] Peregrinus: Your remark and the previous one that persons of the 24th century (with few exceptions) have no problem using the transporter is clearly the only stance that will prevail. But a few more annotations: I can't really follow the arguments by Guardian. To me a multitude of atoms may be something special, while one atom is clearly not. One is exactly like the other. It doesn't have any distinguishing marks. You can't even see or notice it in any way. And most of all, it behaves Heisenberg-ishly. In this light, there must be a line or a scale where something becomes unique (may be "alive" and may ultimately have a "soul"). That's why I firmly believe that the transporter decomposes a human being down to a level where individuality is still preserved (with "Second Chances" and "Our Man Bashir" being hard to explain exceptions). I would even go as far as saying that the transporter "pattern" is alive. This is clearly not the case with atoms or even energy. You could as well send atomic or energy patterns as bit sequences through a communication channel. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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