Is Sarang a complete idiot?

[hollowleviathan]

Step into a Star Trek Teleporter. You are teleported to the planet below. Did you die?

Depending on how the teleporter works, I don't think the answer is yes or no. Your state has become uncertain.

Does the teleporter take your body composition and reassemble them on the other end as they were before, or does it scan your composition, and assemble an identical facsimile on the other end? My understanding was that it was the former, but I'm not a huge Trekkie.