The Star Trek transporter uses the concept of quantum teleportation, which should be physically possible. I asked other YouTubers whether or not they'd use one and we discussed the philosophical implications. Nick Lucid - Host/Writer/Editor/Animator ________________________________ FEATURED CREATORS: null null null null null null null null null ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS Quantum Superposition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUipVyVOm-Y ________________________________ RELATED YOUTUBE VIDEOS MinutePhysics on Quantum Teleportation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxQK1WDYI_k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owPC60Ue0BE CGP Grey on Transporters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQHBAdShgYI Orange River on Transporters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THx2qEYcdnc ________________________________ SUPPORT THE SCIENCE ASYLUM Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/ScienceAsylum YouTube Membership: null Advanced Theoretical Physics (Paperback): http://www.lulu.com/shop/nick-lucid/advanced-theoretical-physics-a-historical-perspective/paperback/product-24250687.html Advanced Theoretical Physics (eBook): https://gumroad.com/l/ubSc Merchandise: http://shop.spreadshirt.com/scienceasylum/ ________________________________ HUGE THANK YOU TO THESE SUPPORTERS Asylum Counselors: James Younger DDS Asylum Orderlies: Dhruv Singhal, Medec Hurtz Einsteinium Crazies: Benjamin Sharef, Blank NA, Bosphorus, Eoin O'Sullivan, Ilya Yashin, Jonathan Lima, Joseph Salomone, Kevin Flanagan, OnlineBookClub, Sean K Plutonium Crazies: Al Davis, Compuart, Ellis Hall, Fabio Manzini, Kevin MacLean, Rick Myers, Vid Icarus Platinum Crazies: Bart Barry, Clayton Bruckert, David Johnston, Jon Adams, Jonas Wepeel, Jonathan Reel, Joshua Gallagher, Marino Hernandez, Mikayla Eckel Cifrese, Mr. Orn Jonasar, Olga Cooperman, William Hutchison ________________________________ OTHER SOURCES https://www.nature.com/articles/299802a0 https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9607018 https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9801009 https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9910048 https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0407219v3 https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0106018v2 https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.46.9405 https://marozols.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/three-myths-about-quantum-computing-part-3/ https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.3086114 http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/uncer.html http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/quantum/uncer2.html ________________________________ LINKS TO COMMENTS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgd4RkmVLDk ________________________________ IMAGE CREDITS Theseus: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pierre_Joseph_Celestin_Francois_-_Theseus.jpg ________________________________ TIME CODES 00:00 Cold Open 00:44 What kind of teleportation? 01:31 Is it possible? 03:43 Uncertainty Principle 04:49 Ship of Theseus 06:16 Quantum Cloning 06:58 Is it the same as sleep? 07:40 What of the soul? 08:59 Continuity of Consciousness 10:38 What would I do? 11:02 Outro 11:26 Featured Comment