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Originally Posted by bobabode
Anyone with a high school edumacation who actually paid attention knows that the 'speed of light' roughly 186k per second figure is measured in a vacuum. Not in your bathtub or anywhere near a black hole. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_light |
I agree. But if it slows down when passing through water it means its speed is not constant. However, if someone says its speed is constant
in a vacuum, I'd agree with that statement. Precision of language matters in affairs of science.