Weird physics question

the_tyrant · 11-15-10, 10:08 PM

I was sitting there, and i just had a weird idea
imagine 2 points a and b
the distance between a and b takes light 1 minute(or any amount of time) to travel
there is a tense piece of string connecting point a and b
hypothetically, if a light was shined from point a to point b and that the string was pulled at point a at the same time, what would we felt at point b first?
the light or the pull on the string?

or a better restatement would be, does light travel faster, or does a piece of mass travel faster?

edit: Rephrasing the question: solid mass vs light, what would be felt on the other side faster?

11-15-10, 10:08 PM	#1
the_tyrant Admiral Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 2,272 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	Weird physics question I was sitting there, and i just had a weird idea imagine 2 points a and b the distance between a and b takes light 1 minute(or any amount of time) to travel there is a tense piece of string connecting point a and b hypothetically, if a light was shined from point a to point b and that the string was pulled at point a at the same time, what would we felt at point b first? the light or the pull on the string? or a better restatement would be, does light travel faster, or does a piece of mass travel faster? edit: Rephrasing the question: solid mass vs light, what would be felt on the other side faster? Last edited by the_tyrant; 11-16-10 at 06:38 AM.