The official rationalization for the way the transporters work is that an individual or object is first transformed into an vitality sample (often known as “dematerialization”) after which “beamed” to a goal location. There, the individual (or object) is transformed again into their unique composition (rematerialization). In different phrases, matter is modified into vitality after which modified again into matter.
Presto-chango! No hurt, no foul, proper?
Not precisely. When an ice dice melts into water, after which that water is refrozen, is that the identical ice dice or one other dice that simply seems to be like the unique? In the event you ask me, that’s a brand new ice dice. Similar to, when you ask me, the Star Trek transporters facilitate the “demise” of an individual by changing their physique into vitality after which constructing a precise duplicate physique primarily based on the unique blueprints.