Re: "The Paradox of Zeno"


"eleaticus" <eleaticus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| "Tots" <tots@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| > "The Paradox of Zeno"
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| > The author finds it incredible that this paradox has been taken
| > seriously by intelligent men for over two millennia and has not been
| > recognized as a form of trickery.
|
| The 'author' is an idiot.

Seconded.


|
| > The Paradox of Zeno is 2000 years old and its apparent ability to
| prove
| > that all motion is impossible was not resolved until the mathematical
| > techniques of Calculus became available, even though that technique is
not
| > required.
|
| The calculus only enabled naive realists to convince themselves they could
| resolve Zeno's continuous time and continuous space paradox. A
calculation
| formula or a calculation could only 'resolve' that paradox by hand-waving
| away the fact that PROCESS is involved, a program is involved: first
this,
| and then this, etc. NOT "if we completed the process then ...".
|
| >One form of the paradox describes the flight of an arrow which has
| > been shot at a target. The arrow is shot at a constant velocity, V, to a
| > target at a distance, L, and the time of flight is divided into
intervals.
| > In the first interval, the arrow covers half of the distance to the
target
| > and, in each succeeding interval of time, it covers half of the
remaining
| > distance. Under the line of reasoning presented, the arrow never reaches
| the
| > target because, after each successive interval of time, one half of the
| > distance to the target that existed at the beginning of the interval
| > remains.
|
| Try what may have been the original form of the paradox, moron. Then
explain
| how calculus resolves it:
|
| Before you can travel some fraction of the distance you must first travel
| that fraction of that distance, but before you travel that fraction of
that
| distance you must first travel that fraction of that distance of the
| fraction of the distance you must first travel the fraction of before ...
|
| Calculus that, cretin.

Yes indeed. Xeno set a puzzle to encourage thought in his students.
I rather liked Tom Clancy's reference to one of his own story characters:
"He was and would continue to be a teacher, and as with most skilled
teachers,
he would occasionally tell lies as harsh exemplars of a deeper truth."
-- Tom Clancy, "Executive Orders"

The pity of it is cretins like the forever nymshifting word-reversing
"Xaoh Nietsnie" are unaware of Xeno's intent and consider it foolishness
in the belief that they are smarter than the average bear, Boo Boo.
I suppose they are, barely, but still way below gorilla or chimpanzee.
Androcles.




|
| > The author finds it incredible that this paradox has been taken
| > seriously by intelligent men for over two millennia and has not been
| > recognized as a form of trickery.
|
| This writer does not find it incredible that idots believe it is
resolvable
| by math-lingo ignoring of premises.
|
| > The reality is that THE PASSAGE OF
| > TIME DOES NOT SLOW AS THE ARROW APPROACHES THE TARGET AND THE ARROW
| REACHES
| > THE TARGET WHEN IT SHOULD.
|
| Idiot. The set of Zeno's paradoxes addresses the question: does process
| exist. Your 'reality', whether or not it really (lol) is reality, asserts
| the null hypothesis as the proof the null hypothesis is not null.
|
| eleaticus (get it?)
| ee-lee-AT-i-cus
|
|


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