The Trouble with Transporters
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In Star Trek, the transporter moves you from one spot to another, saving on shuttle fuel (and special effects budgets).In-universe, it's 'the safest way to travel'.Yes, *sometimes*, two guys die horrible, mutilated deaths under rare circumstances......but trillions of individuals transport to work every morning without a hiccup.But, what if the transporter isn't as safe as claimed......what if the death rate isn't point almost nothing percent, but one-hundred percent......because the transporter is a suicide box.First, how does the transporter work?There are technical manuals, with pages and pages of hilariously over-specific details...that yet say *so little*.Star Trek is nothing if not consistently inconsistent, but, taki...
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In Star Trek, the transporter moves you from one spot to another, saving on shuttle fuel (and special effects budgets).In-universe, it's 'the safest way to travel'.Yes, *sometimes*, two guys die horrible, mutilated deaths under rare circumstances......but trillions of individuals transport to work every morning without a hiccup.But, what if the transporter isn't as safe as claimed......what if the death rate isn't point almost nothing percent, but one-hundred percent......because the transporter is a suicide box.First, how does the transporter work?There are technical manuals, with pages and pages of hilariously over-specific details...that yet say *so little*.Star Trek is nothing if not consistently inconsistent, but, taki...
