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what would the world/univarsity be like if light traveled at the speed of sound?


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ben_j_richard offline Verified User (9 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 75 #
GB | 5 months, 1 week ago (1 minute after post)

the same as now pretty much.

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GB | 5 months, 1 week ago (2 minutes after post)

you would get a lot of dopler shitfing and couldnt hear anything behind you…. depending on how you travel that speed there might be other effects.

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h_millsap1 offline Unverified User #
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actually it would be really odd because the speed of sound is ALOT slower than the speed of light
everything would be gone before u could actually see it

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ben_j_richard offline Verified User (9 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 75 #
GB | 5 months, 1 week ago (3 hours, 10 minutes after post)

oh sorry i miss read the question lol. If light traveled at the speed of sound there would be tonnes of differences. So many i cant even count

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Ny City, NY, US | 5 months, 1 week ago (4 hours, 51 minutes after post)

Also, following our current understanding of physics, since nothing (meaningful) can move faster than the speed of light, nothing could move faster than the speed of sound. You would have no sonic booms and your fighter jets would all be moving at the same maximum speed. Bullets often break the sound barrier when launched from the barrel of a gun, that too would not happen.
There would be tons of differences in a world where light moved slower.
Actually, regarding the speed of fast moving objects, due to length contraction and time dilation, things would be pretty messed up. The study of that last part is covered under “special relativity.”

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GB | 5 months, 1 week ago (4 hours, 54 minutes after post)

yes indeed it coauses alot of problems to space time. However realistically if the speed of light was at the speed of sound the speed of sound would be a lot lower. The engery requirements would be to much.

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brandie williams?
Hannah Milsap?

I’m stalking you. =D

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An Unknown Location | 5 months, 1 week ago (21 hours, 1 minute after post)

Brandie you need to learn how to spell! ;) universe!!

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insane_person_200 offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 5 months, 1 week ago (21 hours, 4 minutes after post)

wow yall are so right!

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Colwyn Bay, 90, GB | 5 months ago (3 days, 1 hour after post)

well no one would be able to tell how far away a storm is as the flash of lightening and thunder would be at the same time and that would be no fun!

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