Re: The Paradox of Zeno
From: eleaticus (eleaticus_at_bellsouth.net)
Date: 11/22/04
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Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 18:05:54 -0600
"The Ghost In The Machine" <ewill@sirius.athghost7038suus.net> wrote in
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> However, I don't know if anyone was able to measure its actual speed.
> It's clear, however, that Galilean physics predicts that we can
> accelerate a phenomenal number of protons with little more than
> a flashlight battery's worth of energy. We should be doing so
> routinely by now -- and we're not.
If you try to force c+v on massive particles, sure, but light is massless?
and requires no accelerating over time.
There is no contradiction between light c+v and the behavior of massive
bodies.
eleaticus
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