OK, so what's the speed of dark?
About this quote
- 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
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can darkness have speed?
- What questions make you think?
Another view
Darkness is absence of light.
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