It’s important not to think about the transporter too much. The transporter should be able to make everyone immortal and cure any disease. But they don’t tend to use it for that for some reason.
Or, it’s doing what good science fiction does, make you think about the consequences of things that you normally wouldn’t. (And there was some lazy writing.)
We are officially thinking about this more than the episode did
It’s important not to think about the transporter too much. The transporter should be able to make everyone immortal and cure any disease. But they don’t tend to use it for that for some reason.
That’s not saying much, to be honest!
Or, it’s doing what good science fiction does, make you think about the consequences of things that you normally wouldn’t. (And there was some lazy writing.)