There's the plot contrivance of accidentally making two people instead of one (Thomas Riker episode) which opens that door even wider for the notion that new people are being made with each "transport" though I'm sure handwaving that away (or at least cultural normalization of death by disintegration followed by construction of new people in everyday use) is a norm in the setting as well as in the fandom. Dr. McCoy seems anxious about it but goes into the transporter anyway.
We literally saw a first-person perspective on being transported in the episode where Barclay was overcoming his phobia of them and they don't even break continuity of consciousness
This is like asking "would you take a bus" and then linking to a video of a fatal bus accident
if it opened up a subspace wormhole and translated you through i would
but since it destructively scans and then reassembles the scan from matter that's been converted from energy: absolutely not
if i were to soft reboot star trek's tech and sci-fi i would change it to the subspace wormhole system. basically a micro warp drive that stretches space and lets you step through
if i were to soft reboot star trek's tech and sci-fi i would change it to the subspace wormhole system. basically a micro warp drive that stretches space and lets you step through
Something like that was even in an episode of TNG, "The High Ground". The handwavey "why it's not used elsewhere" excuse was that it's harmful to living tissue.
Good episode too, despite the script having quite a few "end of history" brainworms. I know some people complain that it's a little too on-the-nose regarding political terrorism but sometimes an on-the-nose script is exactly what's called for. And the main antagonist has that fantastic line "The difference between generals and terrorists, Doctor, is only the difference between winners and losers."
late reply but i saw that ep as a kid and immediately thought it was about the Troubles. really soured me on the IRA until I realized they were actually a good thing
i forgot all about the subspace teleporters though! it was scary how OP they seemed despite the super cancer. you'd think the Dominion would have no problem handing the tech out to all their slave warriors but hey that's Star Trek for you. everything is so self-contained until DS9 and maybe Lower Decks
Absolutely not. Knowing my luck, I would be victim of some bizarre transporter malfunction that splits me into two beings or sends me to the evil universe or some shit.
Only if I'm allowed to tinker with the pattern buffer first. If I'm getting scanned and squirted through subspace then I want to make a few changes on the version of me that comes out the other side.