Lets say there is a 10-20 lightyears deep cave and someone who is heavier than the rope going down with a rope attached to him -changes in gravity probably affects on such a scale so gravity is equal-. Normally, rope should be tensioned as long as person doesn’t put his feet on the ground. But what happens if the cave is that deep? Could someone on the surface feel caveman hitting the bottom faster than light could travel that distance? If he can, how can something be faster than light which isn’t obviously subatomic scale? If he can’t, isn’t tension equal everywhere on a rope?
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I would assume that given weight is a function of gravity and the tension is a function of the weight, the release in tension would also be a function of gravity, so the effects would travel at -9.8m/s^2 (since the acceleration is going against gravity)
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