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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
Well, according to the laws of quantum mechanics, if you make enough attempts, don't die, and outlive the universe, eventually, by the luck of the draw, your atomic structure will, by chance, find itself aligned in such a way with that of the door that slipping between its atoms should be no problem. It may take a few more lifetimes than our current universe has at its disposal, but if you are persistent you'll be able to do it. Superman did it on his second try in the sixth episode of the fourth season of The Adventures of Superman ("The Mysterious Cube") back in the fifties.
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Letting aside the luck of the draw and infinitely long life, theoretically, there is nothing to prevent teleporting an actual person, just as the Superman did it, but the technical problems facing such a feat are truly staggering. It takes some of the finest physics laboratories in the world just to create quantum coherence between tiny photons of light and individual atoms. Creating quantum coherence involving truly macroscopic objects, such as a person, is out of the question for a long time to come. In fact, it will likely take many centuries, or longer, before everyday objects could be teleported.
