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It's a philosophical 'paradox', not a technical one.

• choeger 5y ago
  To the contrary, it postulates the existence of an impossible device. It's like asking questions about time paradoxes.
  • nautilius 5y ago
    Here's something you may find interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_experiment On the other hand: you just single handedly disproved general relativity, because, clearly, there are no elevators in space https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein%27s_thought_experiments#Trains,_embankments,_and_lightning_flashes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein%27s_thought_experimen...
    • choeger 5y ago
      You either don't get it or you are trolling. Einstein's elevator metaphor did not at all draw any important bits from the impossible construction. A spaceship under constant acceleration works just as well. A thought experiment that creates a problem out of an impossible premise is just worthless as such. First of all, everything can follow out of a wrong premise, and secondly you can create an arbitrary amount of such experiments, preventing any insights.
      • nautilius 5y ago
        Haha, alright, let me adjust my level of argument: no, you don't get it! Which advanced insight into the physical principles, the design, and the operation of practical teleporters do you have?