Transporters work by de-assembling something (e.g. you) and re-assembling it somewhere else. What if, when you’re dis-assembled, you die, and the re-assembled version of you is essentially a copy? Then every time someone steps onto a transporter, their final thought before death is that they’ll end up beamed somewhere else. And the re-assembled version (copy) just thinks that everything went fine and continues on like nothing bad happened.

  • Kalash
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    10 months ago

    What if, when you’re dis-assembled, you die, and the re-assembled version of you is essentially a copy?

    Yes, that is how they work in universe. There is at least a dozen episode that explore transporter “cloning” and other malfunctions.