On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 3:38:55 PM UTC, John Clark wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 10:16 PM <[email protected] <javascript:>> > 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. >
When I wrote "THIS scenario", I meant the one with fixed length discrete steps which cannot be completed in finite time. It's explained by the fallacy of assuming space is infinitely divisible. AG > 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> 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.
