Zeno’s tortoise paradox. The original idea was, you’re racing a tortoise. We’ll call him Marcus. Marcus has a ten yard head start. In the time it takes you to run ten yards, Marcus has moved maybe two yards. In the time it takes you to run two yards, Marcus has moved a little more. You run that smaller distance and he moves a little more. You could run forever, and never catch Marcus, you’d just decrease his lead. Of course you can just run past the tortoise in real life, but Zeno didn’t understand how that could happen. The truth is simple though- eventually the tortoise’s lead is smaller than one of your steps. That step will take you past him before he moves further. Then the tortoise is moving slower than you and is behind you, so you could win that race.
Zeno’s tortoise paradox. The original idea was, you’re racing a tortoise. We’ll call him Marcus. Marcus has a ten yard head start. In the time it takes you to run ten yards, Marcus has moved maybe two yards. In the time it takes you to run two yards, Marcus has moved a little more. You run that smaller distance and he moves a little more. You could run forever, and never catch Marcus, you’d just decrease his lead. Of course you can just run past the tortoise in real life, but Zeno didn’t understand how that could happen. The truth is simple though- eventually the tortoise’s lead is smaller than one of your steps. That step will take you past him before he moves further. Then the tortoise is moving slower than you and is behind you, so you could win that race.