The fact that two Rikers existed is all the proof I need to be full Luddite. Save your death machines for the next person, thanks!
And they treat the one on the planet like he's a copy when he'd logically be the original with the one on the Enterprise being the duplicate.
Everyone remembers his irascibility in the film but ignores that, for the three original years, he transported without complaint in nearly every episode. And it was a reliable, proven technology that apparently only got worse and more twitchy a couple of decades later.
Plenty of folks become more irascible as they age. It's one thing to do something under orders when you're young, and quite another thing to do them when you're retired.
Also, he would have seen more and more incidents as time went on
"In other words: They DRAFTED me!"
Maybe it was kind of like getting B. A. Baracus into a helicopter- they had to drug him first.
Dunno if this is just the millennial in me but I'd use one even if I was directly told it clones and kills me. Better than TSA.
Also I don't fear going to sleep or general anesthesia.
The thing about transporters is that if we had them right now, people would use them for everything. Transport me to the toilet. Transport the TV remote into my hand. Transport a fork into my hand. People would never get out of bed.
I still can't believe we are this many years out from ebaumsworld and still people are putting fucking watermarks on memes.
I think McCoy was more afraid of accidents than existential factors.
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