How fast can we communicate with light and radio waves?
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I’m pretty forgiving about reading mildly inaccurate physics stuff, especially when it’s in science fiction stories, but every once in a while I read a real zinger that nearly causes me…

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/1916423

This insightful blog post seems to refer to this article. I hope the article is an isolated case. Although it’s undeniable that scientific illiteracy is spreading.

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Maybe LiFi + UV-tanning deals will become a thing 😂

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Yes, I actually remember when (infrared) TV remotes started to circulate…

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