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> You can also think of it like water in a filled tube. If you pump more water into one end the person on the other end will get your signal long before the phy
by mstade 7y ago
> You can also think of it like water in a filled tube. If you pump more water into one end the person on the other end will get your signal long before the physical water you put in to create the signal reaches him.
This made it click for me, thanks!
- jackhack 7y agoThis is appropriate: https://www.askamathematician.com/2012/04/q-can-you-poke-something-thats-far-away-with-a-stick-faster-than-it-would-take-like-to-get-there/ https://www.askamathematician.com/2012/04/q-can-you-poke-som...