teleportation and your "soul"

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my friend and i were talking about the concept of teleportation (or beaming for you trekkies), and whether we would use a machine like that if it existed. assuming such a machine would analyze your body, send that info over a network, and then re-assemble your body elsewhere, meanwhile the original body is... "disposed" of. do you guys think that your conciousness would also transfer across the network, or would the thoughts and brain functions of the original cease to exist? in other words, would you wake up on the other side, or never wake up at all, while, essentially, a clone of you walks the earth? anyone think they would ever use a machine like this?