On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 10:16 PM <[email protected]> wrote: >>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 * >
That is incorrect. A infinite number of tasks CAN be completed in a finite time if the duration of the first task is half a second and the second is a quarter of a second and the third a eighth of a second etc. In this case even though there are a infinite number of tasks they are all completed in exactly one second. But obviously if there are a infinite number of tasks with a *fixed length* they can't all be completed in a finite time. That was your original scenario so obviously that's not the way motion works. John K Clark > > >> >> >>> > *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. > -- 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.
