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Zeno's Paradoxes

In Our Time: Philosophy

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The Zeno's Millet Seed Paradox - A Question of Measurement

How can points, infinitely many points, make a line? Cause t a point has no distance. So if you add something which has zero distance to something which has zerodestance, still got zero constanty. And that was the real challenge of nineteenth century mathematics. It's really like the arrow, zeno's arrow. But it's saying, well, if i drop a single seed, it doesn't make a noise. Well, i think it does. You see, just we can't hear it,. soan ad can hear it. There goes a milleseed. I'll pop across on o its objes between itd i don't ting disturbing the

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