illectrility to Science [email protected]English • 7 months agoSchool is just one simplification after the othersh.itjust.worksmessage-square131fedilinkarrow-up1810
arrow-up1810imageSchool is just one simplification after the othersh.itjust.worksillectrility to Science [email protected]English • 7 months agomessage-square131fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish22•7 months agoBonus, it only travels through a straight line through curved space, so to an outside observer the light did curve.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•7 months agoWhy does light get to be so special? It makes the rest of us feel bad.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•7 months agoYou can also move in a straight line but still go on a curve to an outside observer, just make the outside observer something off earth and walk a significant portion of the circumference of the earth.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•7 months agoThat’s less light being special and more space thinking it’s funny to fuck with physicists by not being euclidean
Bonus, it only travels through a straight line through curved space, so to an outside observer the light did curve.
Why does light get to be so special? It makes the rest of us feel bad.
You can also move in a straight line but still go on a curve to an outside observer, just make the outside observer something off earth and walk a significant portion of the circumference of the earth.
Ooo I guess planes are a good example
That’s less light being special and more space thinking it’s funny to fuck with physicists by not being euclidean