You've been instantly teleported two feet to the left. How does this affect you? - eviltoast
  • nomecks@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Your atoms now occupy the same space as the air atoms. How exactly is this not going to result in nuclear tomfoolery?

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      1 year ago

      That might do it, if they really land on top of each other. OP said it was air molecules colliding with each other in the shock, though.

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      1 year ago

      Depends on what teleportation technology we’re using. I think a lot of us assume that when you’re teleported you’re quickly assembled atom by atom and don’t simply instantly exist in a new location.

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        1 year ago

        There’s a few questions here. At the atomic level, quantum mechanics comes into play, and instant change basically breaks it, so you’d expect it to be slightly gradual somehow.