Been thinking about Star Trek transporters and the usual discourse surrounding them. 🧵
In Star Trek specifically, most of the media focusing on transporters directly contradicts this "atomise you, and use the data to rearrange atoms at the target location; 1/
With Star Trek transporters, though, you don't need atoms at the target location. You're not really taken apart, you're 'disassembled' by being shrunk Ant-Man style into a subspace 'quantum realm' and then brought back out again at the target spot like a Pokémon.
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My theory is he’s gonna sell/transfer/license in perpetuity the user data to X Corp, leave all the debt and unpaid bills at Twitter Inc., then have Twitter Inc. file bankruptcy & try to let the creditors have the “valuable” name and logo etc.
@rsdancey No. My conscience wouldn't let me. And I'm angry about this, because struggling isn't fun. And living where I do, I'm right outside the chocolate factory licking the windows, it's all RIGHT THERE! But it's still out of reach.
@koster_jay My wife hacked my brain with this.
"What makes you think you're important enough to lie to?"
I've still not resolved that Gordian Knot of logic, and it helps a little.