+250 If light travels faster than sound then how come you hear the light switch click before the light comes on, amirite?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

That would be electricity youre talking about, not light. Yes there is a light but it illuminates immediately when the circuit completes and the current allows it to

by Anonymous 14 years ago

for the record electricity travels too fast for us to detect the difference it makes, the lag is from the time it takes for the bulb to begin emitting light.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Infallible logic.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Electricity isn't just this instant thing.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

This is either a bad joke or a stupid question.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Can't it be both?

by Anonymous 5 years ago

Electricity isn't instant nor is your eyes' perception of light

by Anonymous 14 years ago

yeah i think the light comes on first but your brain cant distinguish between such a tiny time gap, it'l be like a microsecond.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I know most of the time the light just takes a long time to turn on because of bad wiring. I agree with Truuninja.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I can't believe everyone is taking this seriously... people are too easy to troll. You people would probably think this was being serious too; http://memebase.com/2010/10/28/memes-troll-science-space-travel/#comments

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I normally wouldn't take it seriously at all, but I'm an electrician. Nothing funny about it.

by Anonymous 5 years ago

That would be because you're closer to the lightswitch, dumbshit. The difference is only perceptible from farther away.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/troll-science-troll-physics lulz

by Anonymous 14 years ago

This post should end with 'you are now going to try it, amirite?'

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I think I died a little today!

by Anonymous 5 years ago