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submitted 1 day ago by TheGuyTM3@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

It can look dumb, but I always had this question as a kid, what physical principles would prevent this?

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[-] elidoz@lemmy.ml 8 points 15 hours ago

this isn't at all what this example depicts, here there is actual information transfer.

this depiction is actually just false, the light would send information faster than the stick, because in the stick information only travels as fast as speed of sound in the stick, which is why completely rigid objects don't exist

this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2025
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