Is teleportation possible?

Is teleportation possible, if so, how could it be?

For example, can you “make” a wormhole?

Asker: Joshua, age 12

Answer

Dear Joshua,

no, we can’t teletransport a human being, or anything else. Not only do we not know how to try, we don’t even know if it is possible under the laws of physics.

Let’s try:
A human consists of approximately: 7 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 atoms (seven billion billion billion). So you would first have to convert those atoms into some kind of radiation, then send that radiation to another place. But there you also have to put those seven billion billion billion atoms back together in exactly the same way, because you want to end up with the same person! So you should also send some kind of manual with the building plan of that person. But that would be a huge manual, way too big to store in any computer.

About wormholes I answered you once a while ago. But no, we can’t make them. We don’t even know if they can really exist.

Teletransport, time travel, faster-than-light travel, wormhole travel…
They are all very useful in movies, comics and computer games, but the reality is different.
But let’s enjoy those movies, those comics and those games!

Answered by

prof.dr. Paul Hellings

Department of Mathematics, Fac. IIW, KU Leuven

Catholic University of Leuven
Old Market 13 3000 Leuven
https://www.kuleuven.be/

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