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Ep 14: Ch 8, Part 2: "A Window on Infinity"

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Zeno's Paradox of the Axelia

The laws of physics determine what is finite in nature. Failure to realize this has often caused confusion. The paradoxes of zeno of elia, such as that of the achilles and the tortoise, were early examples. This can happen because although points appear in lowest level explanations of what is happening, the number of points never appears in predictions. Physics deals in distances, not numbers of points.

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