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minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoThe tip of the very long stick would still move at sub light speeds. Also, the atoms at the far end will not immediately know what your hand is doing at the other. The forces the atoms make on each other also travel at (sub) light speed.
minus-square🍉 DrRedOctopus 🐙🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoI guess imagining a perfect unbendable stick would break physics somewhere else.
The tip of the very long stick would still move at sub light speeds. Also, the atoms at the far end will not immediately know what your hand is doing at the other. The forces the atoms make on each other also travel at (sub) light speed.
I guess imagining a perfect unbendable stick would break physics somewhere else.