Yes, I've read and enjoyed not only The Physics of Star Trek and Beyond Star Trek, but also The Metaphysics of Star Trek, the Ethics of Star Trek, and several other nonfiction treatments of Treknology.
Krauss raises several important points regarding most of the major pieces of equipment in the Trek universe. He loves to point out that although he loves Trek, we won't see technology like that without MAJOR breakthroughs regarding our current understanding of science.
Yes, the use of a "matter stream" seems more ethically consistent. I admit I'd rather not have my brain transmitted over thousands of miles to be essentailly inserted into a clone body.
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Zeke: It comes nateurally to him.
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Adam Savage: I reject your reality and substitute my own!
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
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