Say that, oh fuck I dunno, Apple invents iTeleport. Assuming it doesn't fuck up like most of their products are known to, it works by saving the state of every particle of your body, destroying your body, and rebuilding your body elsewhere.

Everything about every particle in your body is identical after reconstruction, and all of the energy in your body is identically placed. The new you is a conscious human being, identical to the you before teleportation. The question is whether or not the new you actually has the same consciousness that the old you had.

Obviously, the new you would have all of the same memories, experiences, etc. up until the point of destruction, so the new you would feel as if he had been alive for all of that time. But is it really the same person? Did one consciousness end, or was it transferred somehow?

I think that this is a terrifying thought if we ever do perfect teleportation. I'd certainly never use it.

How are we supposed to know the answer to hypothetical technology?

I hope it would.

It could work like in Jumper, though, and just make a hole in space instead of atomizing your body.

That wasn't the question, though.