Teleportation 101: The Teleporter Paradox

Hello, hello, hello again! If you already know where you're at and why you're here, there is no need for introductions, so let's just get started, shall we?

So, we are still on Teleporation, as the title suggests, and yet again, we're looking at another theory. This one, however, seems rather odd and to other people, possibly morbid. I never thought we'd have to mention this word ever again, but unfortunately we will be exploring the teleporter paradox. 

This time, for my information source, I went to the Physics Forum, in which the first post that was shown was about this paradox. The first thing you need to understand is the theory of cloning that coincides with teleportation. Theorists have thought of teleportation as the copying of atoms and molecules and sending it to the other, intended location. As you see in the Physics Forum, there are two ways that theory can go. Either, the copy is made, sent to the other location, and then the original is destroyed OR the copy is made, sent to the other location, but the original is kept. (For some reason, the whole "copy" in teleportation is what makes this theory a "paradox", which really doesn't make much sense, considering there is not really a paradox going on at all.)

Right now, there are probably two kinds of responses going on as they read about the copy and original part of the theory. 1) "OH COOL! I GET A COPY OF MYSELF!" 2) "So.. there's another me?.... gross. - Or to some extent, those are some of the responses. So do you see the problem here? Not only could you possibly be destroyed as the "original", but  you could also have a copy of yourself that could be the totally opposite of yourself AND GO ON A RAMPAGE IN TOKYO. Just thinking about it, I see that there's a large margin for error if anyone were to even consider experimenting with this kind of theory.

Yet again, WHO ARE WE TO NOT TAMPER WITH THE WORLD AND ITS SCIENCES?! And at that, I conclude this blog post, but this time, let me end this with a question, maybe two. If you were to teleport in this type of situation, with a copy and all, how would you use that type of situation to your advantage? It's a weird question, I know, just roll with it. Lastly, because I am starting to find it harder and harder to discover new theories, do any of you, my readers, have any ideas for any theories for teleportation or time travel that you would like me to talk about or clarify?