A participant objects that a Star Trek transporter could be understood as killing and recreating its passenger. The exchange does not resolve that philosophical interpretation. A suggestion about time dilation during high-speed travel is then challenged through the setting's use of low-level warp fields. The explanation offered is that those fields remain active even without warp travel. These are arguments about fictional rules, not verified claims about achievable transport or relativity control.
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Transporters, continuity of life and time dilation
A discussion of fictional transport leads to disagreement over personal continuity and the role of warp fields at impulse speed.