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Old 06-28-2005, 11:25 PM
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Default Re: Physics brain-bender

Here's the answer in white if you are interested

<font color="white"> The moment the object stops beside you, you see the object. Then you also see a ghost image of the object moving backwards towards the original position it was at at time zero, giving the illusion of two balls; one is stationary beside you, the other is moving backward. You did not see the object as it was approaching you because it was moving faster than the speed of light, but when it stopped, the light reflected by the object while it was traveling reaches your eye, giving the illusion that the object simply appeared in front of you, and shot an image of itself to its original position.</font>

That's it! No formulas or anything, just fun conceptual BS [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Now go give your physics professor a hug.
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