It can look dumb, but I always had this question as a kid, what physical principles would prevent this?

  • ReakDuck@lemmy.ml
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    8 hours ago

    Not a science nerd. But I would assume the inner trains would like to push forward, stealing some kinetic energy from the outer train because it pushes itself away from the outer train and making the outer train slower or even push back.

    • MaxMalRichtig@discuss.tchncs.de
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      8 hours ago

      That’s a great guess when you try to answer the problem with traditional (Newtonian) physics. However, space and time do not behave in a way we would expect when we go nearly at light speed. So Newtonian laws do not apply in the same sense anymore.