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Could we send electric data across time? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Given the fact that data is an electric circuit of ones and zeros, flowing at the speed of light, could we technically send information across time?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

From the photon's perspective data arrives at it's destination the same instant it is transmitted, but that's true of all photons.