Agh, y'all nerds have me thinking...
Ok, so lets assume we've found a way to harness enough energy to atomise and reconstruct an object at a distance...the next issue that comes to mind is memory...
A quick google search gave 7x10^27 atoms / person. A transporter would require the perfect reading & storage of
every variable of every atom. Nowadays we just assume many of these variables, but there can be no assumptions in this case.
BUT lets pretend we only needed ONE BIT of information per atom (or 7X10^27 bits of data per person). *grabs graphing calculator*....ok so that's
roughly 8X10^17 gigabytes per person or 7.9 x 10^14 terabytes or
724 YOTTABYTES OF WORKING MEMORY PER PERSON!!!! ![icon_eek :icon_eek:](https://www.susans.org/Smileys/susans/icon_eek.gif)
(a denomination I didn't even know till now).
Now think about how many variables there may be per atom and multiply by your 724 yottabytes and the number becomes near incomprehensible.
Ugh, our knowledge and our ability to comprehend is so limited that sometimes I get so frustrated I could screammmmm!