Does the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle make human teleportation impossible?

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The discussion centers on the implications of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle (HUP) on human teleportation. While scientists have successfully demonstrated quantum teleportation of atoms and photons, the HUP does not directly impede this process. Instead, the challenges of teleporting humans arise from the need to decompose them into indistinguishable quantum states and maintain entanglement during transport. Theoretical frameworks, such as Bennett's standard teleportation protocol, illustrate the complexities involved in transferring quantum states, emphasizing that human teleportation remains a significant scientific hurdle.

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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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