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Originally Posted by Shiraz
That ignores data compression Markus. |
True, but I did allow them some pretty big concessions in that I allowed the encoding of an entire atom in a single bit. The number of particles, how many neutrons, shared electrons, chirality, position energy state... there are so many properties that would have to be correctly recalled from that one photon! Or maybe they could just send the co-ordinates and dimensions of a 'liver cell' and build your body the same as before, but from generic cells. Would you still be *you? I don't know. But then we get into cloning, don't we?
Thinking about the accuracy required to place an atom accurately within a volume the size of a human body requires a very high degree of precision. Even putting one atom in place next to another one could be fraught if they don't bond in the same way, or at all! The precision required will require many bits, even for relative placement because the atoms are so dang small!
You're right in that technology advances incredibly fast. Video compression has come a long way from a very bit hungry format, but media are still the biggest of files. Maybe in the future rich people will pay more for the lossless encoding, and poor people will have to deal with the less healthy lossy codec?
-Markus