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Subject: Matter Transmission
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Date: Wed, 15-Aug-84 00:22:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 15 00:22:00 1984
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From:  Steven A. Swernofsky 

I am rather surprised that no one has mentioned Ray Brown's ''Reformed
Sufi'' universe, which relates the ''Transmat'' matter transmission
device and the religion(!) which develops due to it.  Recent stories
have developed an interesting twist to the store-and-forward method of
matter transmission -- matter simulation!

Rather than storing the pattern to real-world objects and duplicating
them in the real-world, why not just place the ''object'' in a pattern
for a small part of the universe (a pocket universe) and simulate its
activity?  After all, if you can store all that data you should also be
able to process it!

This leads to some interesting results.  For example, the simulated
world can run at normal speed, or faster or slower.  Or backwards.  Or
with different ''physical laws.''  Or ... well, see the stories.

(Is this the real world, or just a simulation?)
-- Steve