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minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·3 days agoYou 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-up38·3 days agoPhysicists hate this one weird trick
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·edit-23 days ago 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-up10·3 days agoYou’re already going c-1m/s if compared to the right reference frame.
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoYou 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.