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minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 days 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-up1·11 days agoI guess imagining a perfect unbendable stick would break physics somewhere else.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoYou must define exactly what you mean by unbendable using existing physics. There may be a different definition that makes a paradox.
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.
You must define exactly what you mean by unbendable using existing physics.
There may be a different definition that makes a paradox.