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What if the speed of light were slower?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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Slowing Down Gravity Is Like Trying to Bring Your Kids Together

There's a limit there on the biggest thing you can make, and that depends on the speed of light. Or say, for example, you're trying to organize a family reunion,. You can get in touch with much more distant relatives if you can emal them rather than having to send snail mail or send a pony. And so in that way, the universe would be sort of more local if the speed oflight was smaller. But it's not just so tat tat doesn't just affect the structure of the universe, right? Like, if you slow down gravity would also affect relativity to right? Ye. A lot of the really weird effects from relativity time slowing down, and

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