What would happen if you had a lightyear long stick, and you pushed it. Would the other end move as you pushed it, or would it take a year?
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Good Lord…
I have read the already posted and would like to clarify what you are asking…
If you had a stick that was a light-year long and you “moved” it, what would happen?
Many thought experiments like this have been proposed, but they all end up with the same response.
The response is regarding Einstein.
If me and you were fighting with these wooden rods at maybe 50 feet in distance from another, it’s easier to calculate because length, time, and relativity are not a factor in any vacuum.
However, if i suddenly said “how long would it take for the entire rod to react,” then it’s simpler
As much as we would like to believe a flick of the wrist can cause visual instances to happen across our universe, the limiting factor is still distance and relativity.
If you take this scenario grand scale, and wave a wand with such length of being a “year long,” you would then have a wand that acts proportionately to the length and time.
Meaning? If I waved the wand now, and we could somehow see the end of the wand RIGHT NOW, we wouldn’t see it nor experience it move until a light-year from now at the end.
Jesus
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