What the transporters also don't deal with is any concept of a soul or spiritual world. If, as many believe, such a thing exists, would a matter transporter rip one's body from one's soul or would the spiritual componant of life accompany the physical portion in its' travels, and then re-assemble? And if you could use a mechanical device to take matter appart and then re-assemble it in another location, could you not also manipulate the reassembly to 'improve' the matter's original assembly - in other words, who'd need liposuction?

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