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Article #6436Re: Zeno's Paradox (was Re: Moonlanding was FAKE...)
From: Michael Warner
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 00:00
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In alt.folklore.science, Rick Tyler <rtyler@concentric.net.goaway> wrote: > On 27 Mar 1997 23:03:19 GMT, gchoi@cco.caltech.edu (Garrett Choi) > wrote: > > :In article <5he5lg$hs8@flood.weeg.uiowa.edu>, > :Doug Siebert <douglas-siebert@uiowa.edu> wrote: [....] > :William Poundstone talks about that Thompson Lamp thing where > :basically you imagine you've got this lamp which can switch on and off > :infinitely fast. I walk out of the room and you start. You turn it > :on for 1/2 a minute, off for 1/4, on for 1/8, etc. After two minutes, > :I come back in. Is the light on or off? > : > Yes. I disagree. What happens is, you use up all the sub-divisions in the universe in the first minute, at which point time stands still - there's a really big bang - and you have to start over from scratch - !!!FOREVER!!! Don't try this at home. -- Michael Warner <warner@wsu.edu>
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102cdf,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gid102cdf,public X-Google-Thread: 10f3ae,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gid10f3ae,public X-Google-Thread: f5d40,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d40,public X-Google-Thread: 10a148,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a148,public X-Google-Thread: ffd1b,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gidffd1b,public X-Google-Thread: 10aec3,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gid10aec3,public From: warner@wsu.edu (Michael Warner) Subject: Re: Zeno's Paradox (was Re: Moonlanding was FAKE...) Date: 1997/04/01 Message-ID: <E7yHrq.HGB@serval.net.wsu.edu> X-Deja-AN: 229866642 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: unicorn.it.wsu.edu Sender: news@serval.net.wsu.edu (News) References: <858944975.21700@dejanews.com> <5he5lg$hs8@flood.weeg.uiowa.edu> <5heubn$r3v@gap.cco.caltech.edu> <333cb056.286437170@news.concentric.net> Organization: WSU Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle,alt.conspiracy,alt.folklore.science,hsv.general,alt.folklore.urban,rec.models.rockets X-Newsposter: trn 4.0-test56 (2 Mar 97)