• platypus_plumba@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    With zero knowledge on the series, I’ll just go ahead and fill the lore:

    They have tried it in the past with someone who died but the recreated body was just an empty entity. It had vital signs and reacted to stimuli, but it wasn’t the person and didn’t have a will to live.

    There’s no scientific explanation, it’s one of the mysteries of life.

    The end.

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      11 months ago

      I know you said you have no knowledge of the series, but there’s actually one character (Riker) that does get teleporter cloned in an episode of tng. That’s probably the basis of this whole post.

      And if I recall correctly they also used teleporter shenanigans to explain how scotty from the original series could still be around to rescue in tng.

      So it’s a bit of an elephant in the room