illectrility@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 9 months agoSchool is just one simplification after the othersh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square117fedilinkarrow-up1790arrow-down134
arrow-up1756arrow-down1imageSchool is just one simplification after the othersh.itjust.worksillectrility@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square117fedilink
minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoWhy does light get to be so special? It makes the rest of us feel bad.
minus-squareJPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoYou can also move in a straight line but still go on a curve to an outside observer, just make the outside observer something off earth and walk a significant portion of the circumference of the earth.
minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoOoo I guess planes are a good example
minus-squareÐ Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoThat’s less light being special and more space thinking it’s funny to fuck with physicists by not being euclidean
Why does light get to be so special? It makes the rest of us feel bad.
You can also move in a straight line but still go on a curve to an outside observer, just make the outside observer something off earth and walk a significant portion of the circumference of the earth.
Ooo I guess planes are a good example
That’s less light being special and more space thinking it’s funny to fuck with physicists by not being euclidean