Standard Orbit: A Star Trek Original Series Podcast

Transporter Ethics.

We’re told the transporter takes an object or person, disassembles them on a molecular level, transmits them to another place, then reassembles them. However, there are other instances where duplication happens. Where does that matter come from? Where does the matter for regular tranports come from?

McCoy has a distrust of the transporter. Is he crazy, or does he have a point? In this episode of Standard Orbit, Mike and Drew discuss the transporter and the possible ethics of using it.

 

Hosts Drew Stewart and Mike Schindler   Editor and Producer Drew Stewart   Associate Producer Richard Rutledge, Jr.

Production Manager Richard Marquez   Content Coordinator Will Nguyen   Chapters Transporter-phobia (00:00:50) How Exactly Does It Work? (00:01:34) Are You Creating A New Person? (00:09:03) Are You Killing Duplicates? (00:16:08) Could You Keep Backup People? (00:20:01) Does Stephen King Take Place in the Twilight Zone? (00:23:28) Closing (00:29:55)