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    Teleportation is the theoretical transfer of matter from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them. The word teleportation was coined in 1931 by American writer Charles Fort to describe strange disappearances and appearances of anomalies that may be connected. He joined the Greek prefix "tele-" meaning distant with the Latin word "portare" meaning to carry. Fort suggested teleportation might explain paranormal phenomena, though it's unclear if he took his own theory seriously or used it to critique mainstream science.

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    Teleportation is the theoretical transfer of matter from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them. The word teleportation was coined in 1931 by American writer Charles Fort to describe strange disappearances and appearances of anomalies that may be connected. He joined the Greek prefix "tele-" meaning distant with the Latin word "portare" meaning to carry. Fort suggested teleportation might explain paranormal phenomena, though it's unclear if he took his own theory seriously or used it to critique mainstream science.

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    Teleportation

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    Not to be confused with quantum teleportation, For other uses, see Teleportation (disambiguation). Teleportation is the theoretical transfer of matter from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them.
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    1 Etymology 2 References 3 See also 4 External links

    Etymology[edit]
    The word teleportation was coined in 1931[1][2] by American writer Charles Fort to describe the strange disappearances and appearances of anomalies, which he suggested may be connected. He joined the Greek prefix tele- (meaning "distant") to the Latin verb portare (meaning "to carry"). Fort's first formal use of the word was in the second chapter of his 1931 book, Lo!: "Mostly in this book I shall specialize upon indications that there exists a transportory force that I shall call Teleportation." Fort added "I shall be accused of having assembled lies, yarns, hoaxes, and superstitions. To some degree I think so myself. To some degree, I do not. I offer the data."[3] Fort suggested that teleportation might explain various allegedly paranormal phenomena, although it is difficult to say whether Fort took his own "theory" seriously or instead used it to point out what he saw as the inadequacy of mainstream science to account for strange phenomena. The word teletransportation, which simply expands Charles Fort's abbreviated term, was first employed by Derek Parfit as part of a thought exercise onidentity.

    References[edit]
    1. Jump up^ "Mostly in this book I shall specialize upon indications that there exists a transportory force that I shall call Teleportation."in Fort. C. Lo! at Sacred Texts.com), retrieved 4 January 2009) 2. Jump up^ "less well-known is the fact that Charles Fort coined the word in 1931" in Rickard, B. and Michell, J. Unexplained Phenomena: a Rough Guide special (Rough Guides, 2000 (ISBN 1-85828-589-5), p.3)

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    Jump up^ Fort, Charles. "Lo!" Published by CosimoBooks. May 14, 2004. Retrieved on October 4, 2006.

    See also[edit]

    Elevator Quantum teleportation Teleportation in fiction Time travel Wormhole

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