Teleportation by use of the quantum entanglement method is not actually teleportation, per se. The idea of teleportation here uses the fact that if the quantum numbers of two particles are exactly the same (except those of location) then the particles are indistinguishable. Quantum entanglement uses this by allowing two entangled particles to transfer properties from one place to another, meaning that this electron I have here with n=2, l=1, m=0, and s=1/2 can transmit its characteristics to another electron so the two are exactly the same. Using this on a large scale, if enough particles were entangled one could create a duplicate of something X miles away, destroy the original (convert it to energy or whatever), and thus have "teleported" an object.
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Teleportation by use of the quantum entanglement method is not actually teleportation, per se. The idea of teleportation here uses the fact that if the quantum numbers of two particles are exactly the same (except those of location) then the particles are indistinguishable. Quantum entanglement uses this by allowing two entangled particles to transfer properties from one place to another, meaning that this electron I have here with n=2, l=1, m=0, and s=1/2 can transmit its characteristics to another electron so the two are exactly the same. Using this on a large scale, if enough particles were entangled one could create a duplicate of something X miles away, destroy the original (convert it to energy or whatever), and thus have "teleported" an object.