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Because the technical term is misleading and inaccurate. If scientists started calling walking "human teleportation" tomorrow, they'd be wrong in that too. Th

Because the technical term is misleading and inaccurate. If scientists started calling walking "human teleportation" tomorrow, they'd be wrong in that too. The term "teleportation" had a very well-established meaning before they appropriated it. Scientists can make mistakes, labeling this process "teleportation" was one of those mistakes.

chc 14y ago
If it was a mistake, it wasn't dishonest. If it was dishonest, they were intentionally trying to deceive people.
- marshray 14y ago
  Some of the claims people are making about the purported security advantages of quantum crypto are borderline dishonest, IMHO.
  - smosher 14y ago
    Are you referring to the potential weaknesses just discovered recently?
    - marshray 14y ago
      No, not specifically.
Cushman 14y ago
Uh huh. Scientist: "As you can see here, we've demonstrated quantum teleportation across an unprecedented--" Journalist: "Teleportation?! Like in Star Trek?" Scientist: "Uh, no. *Quantum* teleportation is a different--" Journalist: "So you didn't send anybody through a wormhole or anything?" Scientist: "No. What we've demonstrated is the ability to--" Journalist: "It just seems like a bit of a mistake to call it 'teleportation'." Scientist: "Yes, I can see that now."
- zxtang 14y ago
  As always, there's an xkcd for that: http://xkcd.com/465/ http://xkcd.com/465/
- waterlesscloud 14y ago
  What do you imagine they thought teleportation meant when they appropriated it?