Re: Zeno's Paradox (was Re: Moonlanding was FAKE...)

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From: Peter Hanely
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 00:00

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John Gentile wrote:
> 
> : : Garrett Choi (gchoi@cco.caltech.edu) wrote:
> : :
> : : William Poundstone talks about that Thompson Lamp thing where
> : : basically you imagine you've got this lamp which can switch on and off
> : : infinitely fast.  I walk out of the room and you start.  You turn it
> : : on for 1/2 a minute, off for 1/4, on for 1/8, etc.  After two minutes,
> : : I come back in.  Is the light on or off?
> : :
> : :
> : : Garrett
> : : gchoi@cco.caltech.edu
> : :
> 
Is the light on or off? yes.
(you just stumbled into boolean logic)
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From: Peter Hanely <hanelyp@gaia.ecs.csus.edu>
Subject: Re: Zeno's Paradox (was Re: Moonlanding was FAKE...)
Date: 1997/04/17
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