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You've been instantly teleported two feet to the left. How does this affect you? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by mayflower@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] DigitalAudio@sopuli.xyz 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't that mostly depend on how long teleportation takes? But if it's instantaneous, you wouldn't need to account for inertia to end up literally a couple of feet away from where you are, right?

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You underestimate how fast we're moving through space.

[–] DigitalAudio@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

No, I don't think you understand what instantaneous actually means. It literally means instantaneous. Faster than the speed of light (which is actually why teleportation is physically impossible but that's irrelevant).