On Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 2:09:41 PM UTC+1, [email protected] wrote: > > > > 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]> 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 >
Why would you assume that each step in Zeno's presentation would take a fixed length of time? If you are moving at a constant speed, you traverse half the distance at half the time. -- 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.
