Identity and The Transporter Problem

I recently had a discussion with some colleagues at work about Star Trek and the Transporter Problem. I’m sure if you stumbled across this article, you likely understand what the Transporter does on Star Trek. The problem is the question of whether or not such a device, one that makes you disappear and reappear somewhere else, actually kills the first person.  Commonly phrased: Is the person who comes out of the transporter, the same one who stepped in?

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