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Old 12-10-2003, 12:37 AM   #1
ultimategamer
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Default Paradoxes and such

In light of the previous debate about time and space and all that (which i sadly missed yet still read) i figured i'd create a topic to spurr the minds of all you FFR'ers. Here are 3/4 of Zeno's paradoxes. Very interesting in discovering flaws of logic. I copied these off another website. Enjoy

Dichotomy paradox: Before a moving object can travel a certain distance, it must travel half that distance. Before it can travel half the distance it must travel 1/4 the distance, etc. This sequence goes on forever. Therefore, it seems that the original distance cannot be traveled, and motion is impossible.
Achilles and the tortoise paradox: Achilles gives the tortoise a head start, in a race. Before he can overtake the tortoise, he must run to the place where the tortoise began, and the tortoise has move on to some other point. From there, before he can overtake the tortoise, he must run to the place where the tortoise had move on to. This goes on forever, and Achilles can never pass the tortoise.
Arrow paradox: If you look at an arrow in flight, at an instant in time, it appears the same as a motionless arrow. Then how do we see motion?
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