This is the reason why I can't sleep at night.

It doesn't, everything is a lie. We live in a simulation.

The data gets transformed into a wave signal, that wave signal is then transmitted as a huge energy burst. The energyburst consists out of smaller bursts behind each other where the distance between them is the data you want to transmit. Sinse there is a lot of sideway disipation the further the signal propegates the lossyer it becomes and the more of the signal gets lost

@resdac I don't think a 5yo would understand it

@lucaspar no but personaly i find it hard to simplify it further

@FrodoSwaggins good explanation

You know what, @nikolaTesla you shd have known better. Edison knew it.

It's all fun and giggles until quantum mechanics seem to exchange 'states' wirelessly over distances bigger and faster than anything currently explainable

@DLMousey lol pedantic hat

I know, I just think it could be broken down in even simpler and detailed terms, but it is a fairly good explanation nonetheless.

@FrodoSwaggins thanks! As a 5-year-old, I now fully understand it because of your explanation.