Why would'nt this work?
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It's still called the speed of sound. Your intuition is correct in that it's much higher for solid things, but it's still much slower than the speed of light.
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Move a sheet up and down rapidly
You can see the wave travel across it
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Everything soft and slow like your brain yes.
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Your push would travel at the speed of sound in the stick. You could think of hitting a pipe with a hammer, the sound of the hit would travel at the speed of sound, same is true for you pushing the stick.
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Well, it made me feel smart. So either you're a good teacher, and helped me put into words and solidify something I already understood more abstractly. Or you're a terrible teacher, and have led me further astray.
Pretty rough dichotomy there. I would not want to be an educator.
