Does the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle make human teleportation impossible?

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The discussion centers on the feasibility of human teleportation in light of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle (HUP) and quantum teleportation experiments. While scientists have successfully teleported quantum states of atoms and photons, this process differs significantly from the concept of teleporting humans. The HUP does not directly impact teleportation, as it applies to quantum systems, but the complexities of entangling and maintaining the quantum states of larger objects, like humans, present significant challenges. Theoretical models suggest that while human teleportation is not physically impossible, practical implementation would face immense difficulties, particularly due to decoherence and the need for entangled matter. Ultimately, the idea of "Star Trek"-style teleportation remains largely speculative and unproven.
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threadmark said:
The definition of teleport is to transport across space and distance instantly. So Don’t correct me correct the Oxford dictionary.

You are semantically right, that teleportation has a meaning corresponding to immediate (whatever that means!) disintegration and simultaneous remote reconstruction, but then the "physical" basis of teleportation is over: it is forbidden by relativity, and hence not rooted in any serious scientific consideration ; we are in the realm of the fantastic, on the same level as unicorns and haunted castles.

However, given that the OP was talking about the Heisenberg uncertainty relationship in teleportation and given that this is a physics forum, one might consider http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_teleportation" , which for sure isn't instantaneous, but which avoids, in principle, the classical teleportation/copy difficulty with the Heisenberg uncertainty relationships. In my comment, I talked about quantum teleportation.
 
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