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Quote by: Thanatos  Psst...don't tell anybody but the distance between two points is not infinitely divisible. According to most theories, eventually Achilles will be one plank length from the turtle, then zero, then one ahead. Each plank length is about 10^ -20 times the diameter of a proton. |
You are correct!!
Show him what hes' one Johnny..
Johnny: Hes' won.. A NEW-TO-YOU captain obvious cookie!
Hehe, seriously though, some of human concepts of measurement are seriously flawed. Like the whole gap between everything I said ealier:
When you touch the tip of your two index fingers together, are they touching physically? Or is there a gap of 0.∞1 ?
Well, what about this, if you meaure the length of your finger - according to this gap theory, shouldn't your finger be infinite in length? Because isn't the smallest fraction of the very last atom infinite? Couldn't the tip of your finer be 0.0000000000000000000000000001 planks long? Or, 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 planks long?
No. It has a physical end. It is not infinite in length, therefore when two atoms touch there is not an infinite gap between them. Of course, I have no major in science, but my reasoning has contemplated this several times and I have concluded time and measurements disable concrete reality.