The particle always moves through an infinite number of points to go a specific distance A plane does not contain a finite number of theoretical points. |
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OK, imagine a particle moving from on side of this screen to the other. Got that? It got there didn't it? Well, now understand that there is an infinite number of points between one side of the screen and the other. So how does it ever get there if there is an infinite number of points it must pass through? |
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Every dog has his day.
The particle always moves through an infinite number of points to go a specific distance A plane does not contain a finite number of theoretical points. |
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I don't want to hear about the brain from someone that doesn't have one.
Nor do I want to hear about evolution from someone that hasn't evolved.
Damn thee. Yeah, fair enough. But hey, I'm thinking and questioning the world around me which is more that 99% of the population do, right? |
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Every dog has his day.
You were doing that, and you presented a case for it that was intelligible and reasoned. I'd rather respond to an infinite number () of these than a single bible-thumping evil-spirit-summoning pair-of-cute-nine-west-boots thread. |
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I don't want to hear about the brain from someone that doesn't have one.
Nor do I want to hear about evolution from someone that hasn't evolved.
Dickie, what you are talking about is Zeno's Paradox. It is the most puzzling thing I have ever heard of, and I have thought it into the ground for ages. I really don't know for sure what the resolution is, and I have yet to come across anybody who does. It's almost like it is reality's satire of itself, proving that it doesn't exist. This is all a dream. Let Zeno's Paradox be your dream sign. |
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How do you know you are not dreaming right now?
I really don't understand the problem here. |
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Super profundo on the early eve of your day
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How do you know you are not dreaming right now?
The particle, itself, has an infinite amount of reference points along it's length |
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Super profundo on the early eve of your day
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How do you know you are not dreaming right now?
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Super profundo on the early eve of your day
How are they arbitrary? |
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Maybe our world does in fact have a floating point precision ? |
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Unless otherwise stated, views expressed in this post are not necessarily representative of the official Dream Views stance. Hell, it's probably not even representative of me.
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How do you know you are not dreaming right now?
There may be an infinite amount of points between two points (a and b for example) but the particle doesn't travel TO them one after another. It travels THROUGH them Or it covers an infinite amount of points in its motion. |
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My thoughts on this rather interesting subject are this . Imagine if I am in a tree and am holding a ball , and i drop that ball . So the ball drops from my hand and hits the ground . Now , the ball didn't 'know' that it would have travelled X distance before it hit the ground , it was simply being acted upon by gravity and hence if the ground had not been there it would have continued to fall . |
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Live on the edge , If you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
Captain obvious to the rescue! |
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“What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'” -Hume
I have thought about the paradox and have no solution whatsoever. |
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Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Life isn't a mystery to be solved, but a reality to expierence.
Ok Mr know it alls. Lets think about this. |
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Live on the edge , If you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
What is deffraction of light? How does that work? |
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wow this thread is... crazy! |
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