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November 9, 2009

#660: Sympathy

Sympathy

[[A bereaved person and his friend are talking.]]

Bereaved: The moment my brother died, I felt a searing pain in my heart.

Right:

Friend: I’m so sorry.

Wrong:

Friend: Was it instant, or was there a speed-of-light delay?

Very Wrong:

Friend: If it was instant, with the right arrangement of moving reference frames, we could use this to send signals back in time and violate causality! How many remaining siblings do you have?