4, TELEPORTHTION
How wonderful that we have met with paradox. Now we have some
hope of making progress.
-NIELS BOHR
I canna' change the laws of physics, Captain!
-SCOTTY, CHIEF ENGINEER IN STAR
TREK
Teleportation, or the ability to transport a person or object instantly
from one place to another, is a technology that could change the
course of civilization and alter the destiny of nations. It could irrevocably alter the rules of warfare: armies could teleport troops behind enemy lines or simply teleport the enemy's leadership and capture them.
Today's transportation system-from cars and ships to airplanes and
railroads, and all the many industries that service these systemswould become obsolete; we could simply teleport ourselves to work
and our goods to market. Vacations would become effortless, as we
teleport ourselves to our destination. Teleportation would change
everything.
The earliest mention of teleportation can be found in religious
texts such as the Bible, where spirits whisk individuals away. This passage from Acts in the New Testament seems to suggest the teleportation of Philip from Gaza to Azotus: "When they came up out of the
How wonderful that we have met with paradox. Now we have some
hope of making progress.
-NIELS BOHR
I canna' change the laws of physics, Captain!
-SCOTTY, CHIEF ENGINEER IN STAR
TREK
Teleportation, or the ability to transport a person or object instantly
from one place to another, is a technology that could change the
course of civilization and alter the destiny of nations. It could irrevocably alter the rules of warfare: armies could teleport troops behind enemy lines or simply teleport the enemy's leadership and capture them.
Today's transportation system-from cars and ships to airplanes and
railroads, and all the many industries that service these systemswould become obsolete; we could simply teleport ourselves to work
and our goods to market. Vacations would become effortless, as we
teleport ourselves to our destination. Teleportation would change
everything.
The earliest mention of teleportation can be found in religious
texts such as the Bible, where spirits whisk individuals away. This passage from Acts in the New Testament seems to suggest the teleportation of Philip from Gaza to Azotus: "When they came up out of the