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>Pedantically, we can't actually witness anything at the same moment it happens for the same reasons.

the best kind of antically, when I first read the title I snorted as everyone else and rushed in to observe the obvious (ironic given the subject) but your observation brought me up short - then again observations that are only milliseconds in remove from the occurrence as opposed to millions of light years may be given a pass about the 'same time' crack.



It's not only the speed of light, but also the time the brain needs to process visual inputs, and It adds up to dozens of milliseconds:

https://theconversation.com/what-youre-seeing-right-now-is-t...


If only the brain used React and the shadow DOM we wouldn't have this problem!




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