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Why would'nt this work? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by TheGuyTM3@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[-] macgyver@federation.red 1 points 1 week ago

Okay for a thought experiment what if it’s a perfect element incapable of that?

[-] bastion@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago

"Ok, well, humans can't just teleport wherever they want, but what if they could?"

well, then they could, I guess.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

Like some sort of material that has a speed of sound close or equal to the speed of light? Then yeah, it would move about the same speed as the speed of light.

this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2025

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