Sunday, 20 April 2014

Sunday post paradox

On Seventh day he (God) rested


Today is Sunday, following the law of common man I woke up late, to find out I have two classes for 6 hours back to back. Yes on SUNDAY, I know universe hates me. So, I didn't had time to read or share anything usual today, But I will leave you today with an interesting paradox that you can think about and give your feedback. I found it randomly going through Wikipedia pages. If you like physics, philosophy or just want your mind to be twisted into disbelieving reality, give this one a try.

Its called Zeno's Paradox of motion.

In the arrow paradox (also known as the fletcher's paradox), Zeno states that for motion to occur, an object must change the position which it occupies. He gives an example of an arrow in flight. He states that in any one (durationless) instant of time, the arrow is neither moving to where it is, nor to where it is not. It cannot move to where it is not, because no time elapses for it to move there; it cannot move to where it is, because it is already there. In other words, at every instant of time there is no motion occurring. If everything is motionless at every instant, and time is entirely composed of instants, then motion is impossible.

Reference: www.Wikipedia.com
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