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It can look dumb, but I always had this question as a kid, what physical principles would prevent this?

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[-] Klear@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Gravity bends spacetime, light always goes in a straight line, bent spacetime means straight lines can be curvy. That all checks out.

But none of that helps you with FTL communication.

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