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Anonymous
7/15/2025, 8:21:56 PM No.24552744
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The first paradox is actually really cool to think about and took millennium to be solved with Planck lengths (lowest measurement which can’t be divided in half). That one actually got me thinking and was a neat idea.

Paradoxes 2 and 3 are just inane. Achilles’ velocity would need to be in exact equilibrium with the hare’s for that paradox to work which doesn’t make any sense. Likewise, paradox 3 is a non-sequitur because “taking up space” and “at rest” are not the same thing. It isn’t the same definition of both of them. Paradox 3 is easily solved if you just take motion as possible basically
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Anonymous
7/15/2025, 8:38:05 PM No.24552818
>>24552744 (OP)
>muh Planck lengths
Shut your fucking mouth about the things you don’t know about, pseud.
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Anonymous
7/15/2025, 8:42:03 PM No.24552833
>>24552818
I admit I don’t know anything about Planck but I searched them up and they seem a convincing solution to the paradox.

It is a very interesting paradox regardless of whether it is solved or not- how far can you divide something in half? Forever?
Anonymous
7/15/2025, 9:41:07 PM No.24552998
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>>24552744 (OP)
Nigga the paradox(es) was solved by Newton/Leibniz through the invention of Calculus.

You probably don't even need Calculus and it was solved my Descartes era mathematicians with the creation of the 2d plane for lines.

idk the details but here's a rundown that should obliterate your pseudness:

Dichotomy Paradox:

you're looking at the sum:
$$ \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} 1 / 2^n $$

This sum converges to 2, so at some point it must reach 1.

Achilles and the Turtfag:

distance = 100m
Turtleoise start = 50m
turtleoise speed = 2m/time
Achadilles start = 0m
Achadilles speed = 10/time

Turtoise equation is 50 + 2t, i.e. its gonna take the turtle 25 time units to reach the 100m.

Achadilles equation is 10t, its gonna take Achadilles 10 time units to reach the 100m.

intersection: 10t = 50 +2t => t = 50/8 , at this time, Achadilles mogs the Turtleoise

Arrow Paradox:

Zeno is retarding himself, he stops time and claims motion is impossible, this is obvious because the retard just collapsed the time dimension, creating a singularity or a discontinuous function (no change in displacement no motion)