On Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 11:04:31 PM UTC, John Clark wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 3:44 PM <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > *> You miss the point. If the task is done in discrete steps as I >> described, which is apriori conceivable, motion is impossible.* > > > What you described is a infinite number of FIXED length discrete steps, > and if that is what motion is motion would indeed be impossible, but its > not the infinity that makes it impossible its the fixed length. >
*Of course it's the infinity under THIS scenario. The point is this is one way to do the task, but fails precisely because of the infinity. AG * > > > >> > *So, since motion surely seems demonstrable, why can't the task be >> done as I described? Answer; because space isn't infinitely divisible.* > > > That is one possible answer, the other is that the infinite number of > tasks are NOT of fixed length but decrease in a geometric progression that > converges. As I said , Zeno is of no help in deciding which of these 2 > answers is correct. > > John K Clark > -- 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.
