> On Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 7:44:35 AM UTC-5, [email protected] 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
