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Omepas t1_je5t7bf wrote

Reply to comment by Weed_O_Whirler in Ask Anything Wednesday - Physics, Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Science by AutoModerator

Awesome, still hard to grasp but its been on my mind for like 30 years. the lag thing is still confusing, esp since it doenst mean you will have to send info back, but only forward to someone else. I'll ponder it and try to grasp it.

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Weed_O_Whirler t1_je66wq9 wrote

It helps to think of how you'd actually send information via crossing two long sticks. Any method you actually come up with, will end up taking longer than just shining a light at someone.

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