Reception is later confirmed, and the original, not surprisingly, declines to "balance the equation" by re-entering the scanning and disintegrating device and attempts to escape. This creates an ethical quandary that is viewed quite differently by the cold-blooded aliens who provided the teleportation technology, and their warm-blooded human associates.
Later on, it's confirmed that the original didn't want to "make things right" by going back into the scanning and disintegrating device and trying to escape. This raises a moral question that is perceived very differently by the cold-hearted aliens who gave us the teleportation technology, and their sympathetic human associates.