George Costanza
A Friendly Liberal
This morning, Jon Stewart was talking about how the Republican primary race is similar to Zeno's Paradox. It has been some time since I have thought about old Zeno and his paradox. It goes something like this:
If you want to cross a room that is twenty feet across, in order to get to the other side of the room, you must first travel half of the distance. When you reach that point, you must again travel half of the distance left. When you reach that point, you must again travel half of the distance left, and so on. You will never get to the other side of the room.
The logic of this paradox is unassailable. Yet, we know it IS possible to walk across a room and actually get to the other side of the room. So where is the flaw in the logic of Zeno's Paradox?
Anyone? No fair Googling. See if you can figure it out on your own. Hint: It has to do with time. If you can't solve it after really trying, read this:
Zeno's Paradox of the Tortoise and Achilles (PRIME)
(And then explain it to ME.)
If you want to cross a room that is twenty feet across, in order to get to the other side of the room, you must first travel half of the distance. When you reach that point, you must again travel half of the distance left. When you reach that point, you must again travel half of the distance left, and so on. You will never get to the other side of the room.
The logic of this paradox is unassailable. Yet, we know it IS possible to walk across a room and actually get to the other side of the room. So where is the flaw in the logic of Zeno's Paradox?
Anyone? No fair Googling. See if you can figure it out on your own. Hint: It has to do with time. If you can't solve it after really trying, read this:
Zeno's Paradox of the Tortoise and Achilles (PRIME)
(And then explain it to ME.)
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