Why would'nt this work?
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I ran this by an engineer and they said the same thing
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There's a bunch of these thought experiments that try to posit scenarios where C is violated.
Here's one I remember from uni involving scissors. Similar to what OP was thinking, but really really big scissors.
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Hear me out... What about a metal stick?
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I assume the post is saying that they’re both touching the ends of the stick and then one person pushes. It would be instant. What would sound have to do with an object moving? Purely mechanical communication.
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Are you saying that the person on the moon would feel a tap from the other end or the person would actually push the stick forward towards the man’s hand on the moon?
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I'm not a scientist, but when I asked the same question before they said, "compression."
Like, the stick would absorb the power of your push, and it would shrink (across its length) before the other end moved. When the other end does finally move, it's actually the compression reaching it.
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How heavy would a stick of this size weigh?
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What if you had a crane?
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But can you lift it from the moon? Gravity is a lot lower there.
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Weigh on Earth or on Moon?
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We're supposing that you have an herculean strengh and that weight is not a problem
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Large if factual
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The only way to know for sure is by trying
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Yes, about my setting, it was pretty much an excuse to illustrate the experiment, with like you said, a bit too much of magic.
The moon being on a straight distance of 1 light second, i didn't had found another place to put this experiment on. So I didn't take into account the herculean strengh needed, the movement of the earth and the moon and the gravity.
Someone gave a link to an answer of my question, with a more realistic take on the position of the other end, but your explanations are still welcome for this moon setting and the "moon elevator" problem
(i know i may have broken english sometimes, sorry about that)
