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What does it mean?
The speaker asks a nonsensical physics question about the speed of darkness.
In plain terms
He asks how fast darkness moves.
What can you take from it?
Some questions have no real answer.

Where it applies

  • thinking about science
  • asking weird questions

Putting it to work

  • challenge assumptions
  • accept mystery

Questions to consider

  • Can darkness have speed?
  • What questions make you think?

Another view

Darkness is absence of light.

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