
229: Thought Experiments
Classical Stuff You Should Know
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The So-Called Achilles in a Race
Diogenes heard this story about, like Zeno saying, that Achilles could never... It was either the Achilles version. There's another version where it's like an arrow is shot. And the arrow will never actually make it. For audience, Diogenes is the classical philosophy troll. He just trolled everybody all the time. So his response upon hearing this is that he got up and he just walked over to the corner of the street. Like the whole thing was a waste of time. But Solvitor Ambulando, it is solved by walking, you've ever heard that? I thought that was a fun Diogenes story. Check it out on who Achilles was
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