Re: How many things can happen in a single instant?

From: Dirk Van de moortel (dirkvandemoortel_at_ThankS-NO-SperM.hotmail.com)
Date: 12/17/04 

Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:16:36 GMT

"Mike Helland" <mobydikc@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1103302684.122163.68490@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...

[snip]

> If you disagree with me, you are essentially saying that "more than one
> thing may happen in one instant of time."
>
> I see no reason to accept that as a fact (nor, as a consequence, any of
> the physics that is built on that assumption).
>
> That leaves me with one question:
>
> Why do you accept the fact that many things may occur in a single
> instant?

Because at the same instant you *think* you are a genious,
and you *are* an ignorant kid who is trying to run a marathon
before he has learned to sit upright.
These are two things occurring in a single instant.
So by simple counterexample your thesis is DOA.
Why don't *you* try to find the hole in it?

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Dirk Vdm

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