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Would you use teleporter technology if it existed? Why or Why not?
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To quote MST3k, "It's just a show, you should really just relax."
Non-seriously, though, in Trek lore, energy and mass are still interchangeable via e=mc^2 -- the weird conditions on the planet caused the matter stream to be mirrored and the extra energy came from the ship adding More Power to the transport process.
It probably means that the real, original Riker, made up of atoms that were built from energy from the original Riker is the one that ended up on the planet.
Fair enough. Sometimes you can't help but go down these rabbit holes though.
Whenever you're tempted, remember this is the same show where Dr. Crusher nearly fucked a candle ghost.