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minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·26日前You can catch the photons just fine without needing to go absurdly fast. Just put your hand in front of the flashlight beam, and you’ll catch lots of them.
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·26日前Physicists hate this one weird trick
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·edit-226日前 without needing to go absurdly fast … I would actually argue that for a human catching anything at c-1m/s is deadly.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·26日前You’re already going c-1m/s if compared to the right reference frame.
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·26日前You are correct, can’t argue with that.
You can catch the photons just fine without needing to go absurdly fast. Just put your hand in front of the flashlight beam, and you’ll catch lots of them.
Physicists hate this one weird trick
… I would actually argue that for a human catching anything at c-1m/s is deadly.
You’re already going c-1m/s if compared to the right reference frame.
You are correct, can’t argue with that.