[atlarge-discuss] A Paradox Or Two...

[Walter Schmidt <walts@dorsai.org>]

   ...one of Zeno's Paradoxes

Zeno of Elea was an ancient Greek (born around 490 B.C.) who became a
disciple of the philosopher Parmenides. Zeno's writings have not survived,
put his paradoxes are known to us.

Achilles and the Tortoise - the swift Achilles is having a race with a
tortoise. Since the tortoise is much slower, she gets a head start. When
the tortoise has reached a given point a, Achilles starts. But by the time
Achilles reaches a, the tortoise has already moved beyond point a, to
point b. And by the time Achilles reaches b the tortoise has already moved
a little bit farther along, to point c. Since this process goes on
indefinitely, Achilles can never catch up with the tortoise!

At ICCAN.ORG, we ask a good question or two and then collect the answers.
But we then question what was meant by those answers we just obtained, so
answers to the answer-questions are sort. Once obtained, these new answers
cause another round of questioning...

Zeno would be proud...


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