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>Richard Meic wrote to David Martorana about Uncertainty?
 RM> David... a photon was created in one place and destroyed in another,
 RM> yes?  My skepticism comes from the "destroying" aspect of the original
 RM> photon.  All that was done was a duplication (or more accurately
 RM> "copying") of a photon.  The original was not "teleported", but merely
 RM> copied.  There is a difference, see?  If man "A" was said to have been
 RM> "teleported", what really happened?  Man "B" is created (a very
 RM> accurate copy) at position "C" and man "A" is then destroyed at
 RM> position "D",... right?  Man "B" can be called man "A", fore - in all
 RM> intents and purposes - man "B" has all man "A"'s memories, feelings,
 RM> physical appearance, etc... but is man "B" :*REALLY*: man "A"?  No, man
 RM> "A" died... he was killed, murdered in the "so called" teleportation.
 I agree here.
 RM> So, is teleportation possible?  No.
 
 I disagree here, because...
 RM> Now, add this to the uncertainty that an :*EXACT*: copy of something
 RM> can be done.  Can one REALLY make an :*EXACT*: copy of anything?  No,
 RM> fore there _are_ differences, however subtle.
 There is no difference between man "A" and man "B" at ALL, not even 
 subtle ones.  If any difference makes no difference, then there is
 no difference at all.  ;)
 
... If it ain't broke, you can probably still fix it.
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