Switch teleportation: the destination volume of space is exchanged with the source volume of space, and they have to be identical in shape.
Alright I think I'm going to write a brief taxonomy of teleportation models. A few off the top of my head: Crowbar, Comb and Switch
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Crowbar teleportation: a gap is forced open at the destination and the source volume is inserted (probably leaving a vacuum at the source)
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is all teleportation a form of time travel? is teleportation a special case of time travel where abs(dest_t - origin_t) <= epsilon?
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@factormystic Some of these models entail FTL, if something comes back the other way and "instantly" replaces the source
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Wormhole teleportation: subject travels through some sort of tunnel connecting distant locations
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I would characterise that more as "conventional" travel than teleportation. Across an exotic bridge, but still basically walking
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