> On Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 7:44:35 AM UTC-5, agrays...@gmail.com wrote:
you can think of Zeno's paradox as an infinite sequence of tasks, each one > separated by a finite fixed pause. The complete task cannot be completed in > finite time Then all Zeno did was show you shouldn't think of motion like that. There can NOT be a infinite number of fixed pauses after each micro-task, but there CAN be a infinite number of variable pauses in which each pause is half the length of the previous pause. > *> Minor correction; the solution is that space (not space and time) is > not infinitely divisible. AG* You can't treat time and space as unrelated things like that. If the Planck Length is the smallest possible length (a big if) then the Planck Time of 5.4*10^-43 seconds is the smallest possible amount of time, it is the amount of time it takes light to travel the Planck length. John K Clark > >> >>>>> > > > > As has been stated many times in philosophy of science writing, the > quantum solution is indeed the best resolution of Zen'o's Paradox (ZP) so > far. > > > The other approach, where in reality there are smooth continua, requires > cohesive entities: > > https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/cohesive+topos > > That is a bigger pill to swallow. > > > - pt > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
