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[[Reporter and a Scientist are facing each other, sitting in chairs.]]
Reporter: So, Quantum Teleportation-
Scientist: The name is misleading. It's a particle statistics thing.
Reporter: So it's not like Star Trek? That's boring.
Scientist: Okay, I'm sick of this. Every time there's a paper on Quantum Teleportation, you reporters write the same disappointed story.
[[Scientist leaves seat and moves behind it]]
Reporter: But-
[[Scientist has gone to device that was behind him and was out of the scope of the three previous panels.]]
Scientist: Talk to someone else. I'm going to the Bahamas. <<Click>>
[[The Scientist switches a device on.]]
[[Device labeled "TELEPORTER" is switched from "Quantum" to "Regular".]]
<<VRMMM>>
{{The scientist is beamed up in classic Star Trek fashion}}
{{alt-text: Science should be exactly as cool as the headlines sound. Like the "RUSSIANS CUT APART AND REASSEMBLE DOGS" thing}}
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