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77 questions linked to/from Is it possible for information to be transmitted faster than light by using a rigid pole?
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When you push an object, how much time does it take to start moving? [duplicate]
Imagine giving a quick gentle kick to a small wooden block resting on a frictionless table. It starts moving. I'm wondering if all the atoms/molecules of the wood start moving at the same time... I'm ...
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How fast does force propagate through matter? [duplicate]
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Consider the following thought experiment. You have a long perfectly rigid beam (for the sake of simplicity,...
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If I move a long solid stick can I send message fastest than light? [duplicate]
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I mean by using a perfect solid stick long enough and moving it forward and backward can I send information ...
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Can Information Travel Faster Than The Speed Of Light? [duplicate]
Many believe that nothing can travel faster than speed of light, not even information. Personally, i think theoretically information can. Consider this following imaginary experiment:
Imagine we are ...
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The scissor paradox: can we pass the information faster than light? [duplicate]
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Before I start, I want to say that this is not a duplicate of "Is it possible for information to be transmitted faster than light by using a rigid pole?", Since point A is ...
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Acting on an object at a distance faster than light, or making small cogs immovable [duplicate]
Here's my question;
If we have a line of connected cogs, arranged in such a way that for any one cog to move each other cog would necessarily have to move also, and that line of cogs were of an ...
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'Push' in a rigid rod travel at speed of sound or speed of light [duplicate]
Two person, $A$ and $B$, each holding one end of a long solid rod.
Now person $A$ pushes the rod on one end.
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Is it correct that the information that the rod has been pushed will travel ...
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Nothing can travel faster than the speed of the light, but could this be an exception? [duplicate]
I often show off by asking people how fast electrons flow through wires. Then I tell them it's actually only a few millimeters per second. To clear the disbelief off their faces and boost my ego, I ...
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Here's a way to transmit data faster than the speed of light [duplicate]
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Is it possible for information to be transmitted faster than light by using a rigid pole?
Assume there is a long rod or a string connecting two points separated by a distance ...
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Spinning theoretical object moving faster than the speed of light [duplicate]
Let's say you have the Earth, or any celestial body, spinning as it is. What if you build a tower from the surface, and extended it out into space. If it was built far enough, could the furthest end ...
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An infinitely long rod [duplicate]
Let's say I have an infinitely long rod which I use to pass information to my friend on the other end. If the rod moves towards my friend, it means I sent a 1 and if the rod moves away from my friend, ...
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Speed bigger than light? [duplicate]
We know, according relativity theory, no information or matter can travel with velocity bigger than light. However, consider the following situation: a completely empty water hose is hypothetically ...
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Check where am I wrong. Here is how information can be sent faster than light [duplicate]
If I have a very long rigid rod which is of rectangular cross section and small mass.
Let it's length be 1 light year and total mass be 1 kg now at one end if I rotate that rod, since the rod is rigid ...
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light travels a maximum speed... /? [duplicate]
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we know that speed of light is an unconquerable term in physics..light takes about 1 year to travel ...
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Is pulling a string instantaneous at both ends? Why is it or isn't it? [duplicate]
This is a question that has bothered me for quite some time but I don't have a clue where to start in researching it.
Let's say we have a string which is arbitrarily long, light enough to not take ...
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