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Could we send electric data across time?
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this post was submitted on 06 Dec 2023
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Clarification: data can be sent at c, but electronic data can’t. Electrons have mass and can’t move at the speed of light; the electromagnetic waves they carry can move at the speed of light in the medium through which the electrons are conducted, which is still slower than c. Photons, on the other hand, can transmit optical data at c (which still doesn’t do anything unexpected with respect to time).
From the photon's perspective data arrives at it's destination the same instant it is transmitted, but that's true of all photons.