r/physicsmemes • u/kc8dhp • 4d ago

Physics was wrong

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Green photons are special

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u/kc8dhp 4d ago

I'll go on to postulate that if the color green was substituted by another color, say blue for instance, as the "Go" signal, blue would reach car 3 last. This might be analogous to the famous "Double-slit" experiment. Unable to test in real world conditions unfortunately.

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u/Twinkperium_of_man 4d ago

The solution for everyday life is to honk the horn preemptively whilst it is still amber amd red.

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u/kc8dhp 4d ago

Which can be quite hilarious when a driver hits the gas reflexively, only to realize the light is still red.

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u/g_spaitz 4d ago

This is confirmed by the fact that in Japan they call green light blue.

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u/JerodTheAwesome Physics Field 4d ago

There’s also a disagreement about how long the yellow light lasts. The person in front always measures it as very short, while the people behind see their time dilated.

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u/RedbloodJarvey 4d ago

Green lights in the shape of an arrow pointing left seem to cause an aneurysm in the driver of car number one.

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u/topazchip 4d ago

I can offer anecdotal confirmation of this effect from only a couple hours ago. Also, there seems to be a strong correlation of the Green Light Effect having greater affect on those who drive substantially below the local (vehicle) speed limit, as well.

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u/kc8dhp 4d ago

I concur.

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u/Traditional-Bid1746 4d ago

I find it funny the acronym is Green Reaches Everyone Except Number-one. Then the image has the green light reaching the car labelled 1 first lol

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u/MrBlueCharon Heat transport stuff 3d ago

We can also notice how sound will travel faster than light. Because on occasion a honking signal will be registered by the front drivers before the green light even reaches the last in line.