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This is what I have to say about teleportation. First, let's define teleportation. Teleportation would not involve traversing space in the classical sense. The travel would not be limited to speed of light it would be instanteous. Current means of teleportation involve quantum entangling two particles, separating them, and measuring the quantum state of one of them. By default the particle (a distance away) would be forced into the complimentary quantum state. Scientists are currently working on methods of exploiting this natural phenomena for sending a signal from point A to point B instantaneously.
Concerning the bowling ball... when an object is elevated in a central field (such as the gravitaional pull of the earth), the potential energy of the object is equal to the work done to raise it (energy = force x height = mass x acceleration (due to gravity) x height). So, my question is: if you could instaneously transport an object through space, what would happen to the difference in energy? I love boobs. I have said before, that I think it might be transfered to thermal energy. However, what would happen if there was a negative energy difference? Would the object get colder? What if the energy difference excited the available thermal energy? Maybe there would be a loss of mass. Einstein told us that mass and energy are really the same entity (E = mc^2).
Echo... thermal emission is also a form of radiation; so, we're both right. You are probably more right in the broader sense.
Murkling... I really have strong faith in the first of law of thermodynamics... I think that if the dream of teleporting composite systems is ever realized... this law will not be violated. So, I don't know, maybe someone could make an invention that ensures things won't come out crazy.
INKEDgirl... you can see me after class.
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This is what I have to say about teleportation. First, let's define teleportation. Teleportation would not involve traversing space in the classical sense. The travel would not be limited to speed of light it would be instanteous. Current means of teleportation involve quantum entangling two particles, separating them, and measuring the quantum state of one of them. By default the particle (a distance away) would be forced into the complimentary quantum state. Scientists are currently working on methods of exploiting this natural phenomena for sending a signal from point A to point B instantaneously.
Concerning the bowling ball... when an object is elevated in a central field (such as the gravitaional pull of the earth), the potential energy of the object is equal to the work done to raise it (energy = force x height = mass x acceleration (due to gravity) x height). So, my question is: if you could instaneously transport an object through space, what would happen to the difference in energy? I love boobs. I have said before, that I think it might be transfered to thermal energy. However, what would happen if there was a negative energy difference? Would the object get colder? What if the energy difference excited the available thermal energy? Maybe there would be a loss of mass. Einstein told us that mass and energy are really the same entity (E = mc^2).
Echo... thermal emission is also a form of radiation; so, we're both right. You are probably more right in the broader sense.
Murkling... I really have strong faith in the first of law of thermodynamics... I think that if the dream of teleporting composite systems is ever realized... this law will not be violated. So, I don't know, maybe someone could make an invention that ensures things won't come out crazy.
INKEDgirl... you can see me after class.
eNtRopY
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Let's say that teleporating an object costs a certain amount of energy. It's okay because you are paying for this energy when you burn some type of fuel in your machine; so, energy was neither created nor destroyed.
However, let's say that when teleporting, an object goes in with X amount of potential energy and comes out with Y amount of potential energy. I am asserting that the violation of conservation arises from the energy difference X-Y.
I really put a lot of thought and time into that post, too.