tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500584444083499721.post7226647278319674660..comments2024-03-24T09:28:42.755+01:00Comments on CJ on Mathematics and Science: Zeno's Arrow Paradox Still Unresolved after 2500 YearsClaes Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07411413338950388898noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500584444083499721.post-12738925874311724242014-07-04T23:36:28.754+02:002014-07-04T23:36:28.754+02:00I agree, the at-at theory is just a statement of w...I agree, the at-at theory is just a statement of what happens, not an explanation. Just like Newton's first law.<br /><br />To resolve it first you need to accept that distance is composed of tiny indivisible unit lengths and not continuous as mathematics and physics would have us believe. <br /><br />Then it can be resolved because the object is at one unit, disappears and appears at another unit without moving continuously at all. Like a line of light bulbs flashing in sequence can simulate motion, that is what motion is. There is no motion as we think of it.<br /><br />So a fast moving object will "jump" over more units than a slow moving object per time step which is also discrete.<br /><br />This involves calculation. Each object must carry its speed and direction with it and a calculation must be done each time step to find the next location unit.<br /><br />The most obvious conclusion and answer to this paradox is that we are living in a computer simulation which calculates object paths. Dumb objects cannot calculate their own straight line path and the continuous motion idea also fails to explain the passing of velocity from past to present and on to the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com