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Thread #108124   Message #2247196
Posted By: Amos
28-Jan-08 - 02:05 PM
Thread Name: How short can a note be?
Subject: RE: How short can a note be?
By the way, the arrow-in-flight problem, known as Xeno's paradox, antedates the existence of Germany, let alone the birth of Hegel.

It illustrates the fundamental flaw in our common manner of perceiving time. There is no moment in which the arrow is motionless relative to the outside frame of reference, and no moment in which it is moving relative to the arrow as its own frame of reference.

The boundary layer in which the lead atoms of the arrow's tip move through space and air one atom's diameter at a time is probably a really interesting study... But nonetheless, it moves.


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