OT: Speed of light [was Re: Why not a Python compiler?]

[greg]

Erik Max Francis wrote:
> My point was, and still is, that if this question without further 
> context is posed to a generally educated laymen, the supposedly wrong 
> answer that was given is actually _correct_.

Except that they probably don't understand exactly how and
why it's correct. E.g. they will likely expect a 2kg hammer
to fall to the floor twice as fast as a 1kg hammer, which
isn't anywhere near to being true.

-- 
Greg