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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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[-] MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Well no. As others have said the force in the pole will travel at the speed of sound.

Though if you were to wiggle the flashlight back and forth really fast the spotlight on the moon would travel "faster" than the speed of light.

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