Teleportation is the movement of objects from one place to another, more or less instantaneously, without traveling through space. The concept has been widely used in science fiction. It should not be confused with quantum teleportation. Quantum teleportation, or entanglement-assisted teleportation, is a technique used to transfer information on a Quantum level usually from one Particle
Similar is apport, an earlier word used to describe what today might be called teleportation; and bilocation, when something or someone described as being a magician is said to be able to occupy two places simultaneously. An apport is the Paranormal transference of an article from one place to another or an appearance of an article from an unknown source Bilocation, or sometimes multilocation, is a term used to describe the ability/instances in which an individual or object is said to be or appears to be located in two distinct A magician is a person skilled in the mysterious and hidden art of magic, the ability to attain objectives acquire knowledge or perform works of wonder using Supernatural The word "teletransportation" (which simply expands Charles Fort's abbreviated term) was first employed by Derek Parfit as part of a thought exercise on identity. Charles Hoy Fort ( 6 August, 1874 &ndash 3 May, 1932) was a Dutch-American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena Derek Parfit (born December 11, 1942) is a British Philosopher who specializes in problems of personal identity, Rationality In Philosophy, personal identity refers to the essence of a self-conscious person that which makes him or her unique
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The word was coined in 1931[1] by American writer Charles Fort to describe the strange disappearances and appearances of anomalies, which he suggested may be connected. Charles Hoy Fort ( 6 August, 1874 &ndash 3 May, 1932) was a Dutch-American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena He joined the Greek prefix tele- (meaning "distant") to the Latin verb portare (meaning "to carry"). Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly A prefix is a type of Affix attached to a stem which modifies the meaning of that stem Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. For English usage of verbs see the wiki article English verbs. Fort's first formal use of the word was in the second chapter of his 1931 book, Lo! "Mostly in this book I shall specialize upon indications that there exists a transportory force that I shall call Teleportation. " Though, with his typical half-serious jokiness, Fort added, "I shall be accused of having assembled lies, yarns, hoaxes, and superstitions. A hoax is a deliberate attempt to Dupe, Deceive or trick an audience into believing or accepting that something is real when in fact it is not or that Superstition ( Latin superstitio, literally "standing over" derived perhaps from standing in awe used in Latin as a unreasonable or excessive belief To some degree I think so, myself. To some degree, I do not. I offer the data. Debt AIDS Trade in Africa (or DATA) is a Multinational non-government organization founded in January 2002 in London by U2 's "[2] Fort suggested that teleportation might explain various allegedly paranormal phenomena, though, typically, it's sometimes difficult to tell if Fort took his own "theory" seriously, or instead used it to point out what he saw as the inadequacy of mainstream science to account for strange phenomena. Paranormal is an Umbrella term used to describe unusual Phenomena or experiences that lack an obvious Scientific explanation
There are several hypothetical methods of transporting matter from place to place without physically travelling the distance. Some are seriously proposed and studied by scientists (Quantum teleportation), while others exist mainly in fiction. Quantum teleportation, or entanglement-assisted teleportation, is a technique used to transfer information on a Quantum level usually from one Particle
One proposed means of teleportation is the transmission of data which is used to precisely reconstruct an object or organism at its destination. The use of this form of teleportation as a means of transport for humans still has considerable unresolved technical and philosophical issues, such as exactly how to record the human body, particularly the brain, with sufficient accuracy and also be able to reconstruct it, and whether destroying a human in one place and recreating a copy elsewhere would provide a sufficient experience of continuity of existence. Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another Believers in the supernatural might wonder if the soul is recopied or destroyed, and might even consider it murder. The term supernatural or supranatural ( Latin: super, supra "above" + natura "nature" pertains to entities events The soul, according to many religious and philosophical beliefs is the self-awareness, or Consciousness, unique to a particular living Likewise, someone with a materialistic view of the world might also see the disintegration of a given corpus as the killing of a human being. Materialistic describes a person who is markedly more concerned with material things than with spiritual intellectual or cultural values an adherent of Materialism The reassembled human might be considered a different sentience with the same memories as the original, as could be easily proved by constructing not just one, but several copies of the original and interrogating each as to the perceived uniqueness of each. Each copy constructed using merely descriptive data, but not matter, transmitted from the origin and new matter already at the destination point would consider itself to be the true continuation of the original and yet this could not logically be true; moreover, because each copy constructed via this data-only method would be made of new matter that already existed at the destination, there would be no way, even in principle, of distinguishing the original from among the copies. Many of the relevant questions are shared with the concept of mind transfer. In Transhumanism and Science fiction, mind uploading (also occasionally referred to by other terms such as mind transfer, whole brain emulation
It is not clear if duplication of a human would require reproduction of the exact quantum state, which necessarily destroys the original, or whether macroscopic measurements would suffice. Macroscopic is commonly used to describe physical objects that are measurable and observable by the Naked eye. In the non-destructive version, hypothetically a new copy of the individual is created with each teleportation, with only the copy subjectively experiencing the teleportation. Technology of this type would have many other applications, such as virtual medicine (manipulating the stored data to create a copy better, or perhaps radically different, than the original), a sort of suspended animation (by creating a copy many years after the information was stored), or backup copies (creating a copy from recently stored information if the original was involved in a mishap. Technology is a broad concept that deals with a Species ' usage and knowledge of Tools and Crafts and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the Suspended animation is the slowing of life processes by external means without termination )
Dimensional teleportation is a mechanism often shown in fictional works, particularly in fantasy and comic books. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative It involves the subject exiting one physical universe or plane of existence, then re-entering it at a different location. In Metaphysics and Esoteric cosmology, a plane, other than the Physical plane, is conceived as a subtle state of Consciousness that transcends This method is rarely seriously considered by the scientific community, as the currently predominant theories about parallel universes assume that physical travel is not possible between them. The multiverse (or meta-universe) is the hypothetical set of multiple possible Universes (including our universe that together comprise all of Reality.
Another form of teleportation common in science fiction (and seen in The Culture and The Terminator series of films) sends the subject through a wormhole or similar phenomenon, allowing transit faster than light while avoiding the problems posed by the uncertainty principle and potential signal interference. The Culture is a Fictional anarchist, socialistic, and Utopian ref> The State of the Art - Banks Iain M The Terminator is a 1984 science fiction / Action film directed and co-written by James Cameron. In Physics, a wormhole is a hypothetical topological feature of Spacetime that is fundamentally a 'shortcut' through Space and Time In Quantum physics, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle states that locating a particle in a small region of space makes the Momentum of the particle uncertain In both of the examples above, this form of teleportation is known as "Displacement" or "Topological shortcut" (Scientific American) which implies that this kind of teleportation may be similar in mechanism to time travel. This article details time travel itself For other uses see Time Traveler.
Displacement teleporters would eliminate many probable objections to teleportation on religious or philosophical grounds, as they preserve the original subject intact — and thus continuity of existence. Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language In common usage existence is the world of which we are aware through our senses but in Philosophy the word has a more specialized meaning and is often contrasted with
Teleportation by means of the mind or innate personal abilities are sometimes referred to as p-Teleportation, "psychoportation", or "jaunting"; named after the fictional scientist (Jaunte) who discovered it in The Stars My Destination (originally titled Tiger! Tiger!), a science fiction novel by Alfred Bester. The Stars My Destination (originally called Tiger! Tiger!, from William Blake 's poem " The Tyger " is a science fiction Alfred Bester ( December 18, 1913 - September 30, 1987) known to his friends as Alfie, was an American science fiction This method could hypothetically work through any of the mechanisms proposed above, but are usually portrayed in fiction as displacement-type or dimensional teleportation to simplify its use in the story.
In religious, occult, and esoteric literature, teleportation is the instantaneous movement of a person or object from one place to another, by miraculous, supernatural or psychic means rather than technological ones. A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus (clandestine hidden secret referring to "knowledge of the hidden" A miracle is an event believed to be caused by interposition of Divine intervention by a Supernatural being in the Universe by which the ordinary operation The term supernatural or supranatural ( Latin: super, supra "above" + natura "nature" pertains to entities events For instance, in Acts 8:39-40, after Philip evangelized an Ethiopian official: "When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. The Acts of the Apostles is a book of the Bible, which now stands fifth in the New Testament. Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he reached Caesarea. "
Accounts of miraculous teleportation occur in a number of religious traditions, such as Tay al-Ard ("folding of the earth") in Islam; Kefitzat Haderech ("the shortening of the way") in Judaism, Adhrusya sakthi (అదృశ్య శక్తి) in Hinduism. A miracle is an event believed to be caused by interposition of Divine intervention by a Supernatural being in the Universe by which the ordinary operation Tay al-Ard ( Arabic: طيّ الأرض - literally "folding up of the earth" is the name for thaumaturgical Teleportation in the mystical For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. Kefitzat Haderech ( and means verbatim "jumping of the path/road/way" a Hebrew equivalent of the English expression "short cut" Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut Teleportation is also known in Tibetan Buddhism. Tibetan Buddhism is the body of Buddhist religious doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet and certain regions of the Himalayas, including Maudgalyayana was most accomplished of all the Buddha's disciples in the various supernatural powers. Maudgalyayana ( Pali: Moggallāna also known as Mahamaudgalyayana or Mahamoggallāna, was one of the Buddha Shakyamuni 's closest disciples Siddhārtha Gautama ( Sanskrit; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual Teacher from Ancient India and the founder These abilities included being able to move with a speed comparable to the speed of light. One of the special powers or siddhi of many yogi was the Vayu Gaman Siddhi. Not to be confused with the African-descended Siddi people of India (though sometimes spelled identically A yogi ( Sanskrit, feminine root Yogini) is a term for a male practitioner of various forms of the path of Yoga, maintaining Through this Siddhi a person can become capable of flying in the skies and traveling from one place to another in just a few seconds. Not to be confused with the African-descended Siddi people of India (though sometimes spelled identically In the Mahabharata Version the concept is called Prāpti: having unrestricted access to all places.
There have been many alleged accounts of teleportation, including Gil Pérez, Sister Mary of Agreda, and the Moberly-Jourdain incident. Gil Pérez was a Spanish soldier of the Filipino Guardia Civil who allegedly suddenly appeared in the Plaza Mayor of Mexico City on María Fernández Coronel y Arana Abbess of Ágreda or known in religion as Sor (Sister María de Jesús de Ágreda ( 2 April 1602 &ndash 24 May The Moberly-Jourdain incident, or the Ghosts of Petit Trianon or Versailles was an event that occurred on 10 August, 1901
On the evening of October 24, 1593, a Guardia Civil, Gil Pérez, is said to have appeared suddenly in a confused state in the Plaza Mayor of Mexico City, wearing the uniform of a Philippine regiment. Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat The Civil Guard ( Guardia Civil) is the Spanish Gendarmerie. It has both military and civilian functions Plaza ( / latin america) is a Spanish word related to "field" which describes an open urban Public space, such as a City square. Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico He claimed that moments before finding himself in Mexico he had been on sentry duty in Manila at the governor’s palace. The City of Manila He admitted that while he was aware that he was no longer in the Philippines, he had no idea where he was or how he came to be there. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP He said the governor, Don Gomez Pérez Dasmariñas, had been assassinated in his wine cellar with an axe. The Municipality of Dasmariñas (often shortened to Dasma; Filipino: Bayan ng Dasmariñas) is a first
When it was explained to him that he was now in Mexico City, Pérez refused to believe it saying that he had received his orders on the morning of October 23 in Manila Philippines and that it was therefore impossible for him to be in Mexico City on the evening of the 24th. Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - The authorities placed Pérez in jail, as a deserter and for the possibility that he may have been in the service of Satan. Satan, ( Standard Hebrew Satan'el, English accuser) is a term that originates from the Abrahamic faiths, being traditionally The Most Holy Tribunal of the Inquisition questioned the soldier, but all he could say in his defense was that he had traveled from Manila to Mexico "in less time than it takes a cock to crow". The term Inquisition can refer to any one of several institutions charged with trying and convicting heretics within the Roman Catholic Church and
Two months later, news from the Philippines arrived by Manila Galleon, confirming the fact of the literal axing on October 23 of Dasmariñas in a mutiny of Chinese rowers, as well as other points of the mysterious soldier’s fantastic story. The Manila galleons or Manila-Acapulco galleons ( Galeones de Manila-Acapulco) were Spanish trading Ships that sailed once or twice Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Witnesses confirmed that Gil Pérez had indeed been on duty in Manila just before arriving in Mexico. Furthermore, one of the passengers on the ship recognized Pérez and swore that he had seen him in the Philippines on October 23. Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Gil Pérez eventually returned to the Philippines and took up his former position as a palace guard, living thenceforth an apparently uneventful life.
This account has received wide circulation, but historian Mike Dash notes [3] that there are some problems with the story which call its accuracy into question. Mike Dash (born 1963 is a Welsh writer journalist and researcher Perhaps most importantly, he notes that the earliest extant accounts of Pérez's mysterious disappearance date from more than a century after the supposed events. Though Pérez was supposedly held for some time on suspicion of witchcraft, no records of his imprisonment or interrogation have been found. Witchcraft, in various historical anthropological religious and mythological contexts is the use of certain kinds of Supernatural or magical powers
Sister Mary of Agreda was a seventeenth-century Carmelite nun in Spain who claimed that, while deep in prayer at her convent, she was mysteriously transported to New Mexico, where she converted the Jumano Indians to Christianity. María Fernández Coronel y Arana Abbess of Ágreda or known in religion as Sor (Sister María de Jesús de Ágreda ( 2 April 1602 &ndash 24 May Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. New Mexico ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States of America. The Suma and the Jumano were people in western Sonora. The Suma was the western division and the Jumano the eastern division Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings When Spanish missionaries reached the Jumano in 1622, they found that the Indians were already familiar with Christianity, which they claimed was brought to them by a "lady in blue. "
Charlotte Anne Moberly and Eleanor Jourdain were two English schoolteachers who visited Versailles Palace on August 10, 1901. Charlotte Anne Moberly (1846&ndash1937 was an academic She was the daughter of George Moberly, and was made the first principal of St Eleanor Jourdain ( 16 September 1846 &ndash 7 May 1937) was an English academic and author who rose to fame following a claim that she and a The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal Château in Versailles, in France 's Île-de-France region Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting While seeking the Petit Trianon, they claimed to have been transported back to the seventeenth century. The Petit Trianon is a small Château located on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles in Versailles, France. They published their experience in a book called The Trianon Adventure.
Several alleged government experiments, such as the Philadelphia Experiment and the Montauk Project have involved teleportation. The Philadelphia Experiment was an alleged naval military experiment at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, sometime around October The Montauk Project was alleged to be a series of secret United States government projects conducted at Camp Hero or Montauk Air Force Station In the Philadelphia Experiment, the USS Eldridge was said to have disappeared, and transported over 215 miles. Conspiracy theory The USS Eldridge is part of many conspiracy theories in which it is involved in time or space travel inspiring numerous theories stories and several In the Montauk Project, scientists have purposely experimented with different forms of teleportation.