How does light know the shortest path? @veritasium
How does light know the shortest path?  @veritasium
Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Light is the fastest thing in the universe.

In order to be this fast it always needs to take the shortest path (as it's speed cannot change).

So how does it always know what the shortest path is?
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