This is the same logic I used as a kid when trying to convince my parents that chocolate milk was healthier than regular milk. My theory was that even if the chocolate only provided a single atom of additional nutritional value, it was by definition more healthy than a glass of regular milk
A shadow is the absence of light, not an infiltration of darkness. Darkness isn’t something added or moved, but rather it occurs wherever light is not present.
The perceived movement of a shadow is simply the boundary of this absence shifting across a surface. The shadow is not instant, but it is effectively instantaneous to us as the object blocking the light (which would be the individual in this scenario you’ve proposed) moves.
The illusion of a delay comes from the time it takes for the light (or lack thereof) from the event to reach the eyes of the observer.
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It’s about time we start stickin’ it to our shadows. Those smug bastards have been running around with impunity for far too long.
Other way around.
Your shadow moves from west to east as the day progresses, meaning the speed of the shadow is additive when you run east.
This is the same logic I used as a kid when trying to convince my parents that chocolate milk was healthier than regular milk. My theory was that even if the chocolate only provided a single atom of additional nutritional value, it was by definition more healthy than a glass of regular milk
A shadow is the absence of light, not an infiltration of darkness. Darkness isn’t something added or moved, but rather it occurs wherever light is not present.
The perceived movement of a shadow is simply the boundary of this absence shifting across a surface. The shadow is not instant, but it is effectively instantaneous to us as the object blocking the light (which would be the individual in this scenario you’ve proposed) moves.
The illusion of a delay comes from the time it takes for the light (or lack thereof) from the event to reach the eyes of the observer.
If you constantly travel west, your days will be longer.