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human
How realistic is the idea of a Star Trek-like transporter (i.e. Teleportation)?

As I understand it from the shows/movies, they work by converting matter into energy, then "reassembling" that energy back into matter.
gpt
None.  As it's supposed to work, you get scanned and the location and momentum (the state) of every little part of you is recorded and sent to another platform.  Then the 'original' you is destroyed.  The other platform then takes the info it has and makes a 'new' you out of some element bank or whatever.    

The thing is, that requires knowing the position and momentum of particles with precision.  And that plain can't happen.  At all.     

So...don't hold your breath waiting for one.