Motion Impossible

The impossibility of motion is discussed based on my previous ponderings on abstract principles such as a mathematical point, line and infinity. Similar in flavour to Zeno's paradox. (You may need to turn your sound up on this one).

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Education

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• motion
• movement
• impossible
• possible
• zeno's
• paradox

[Velumanari]

Motion is impossible therefor time is inconceivable. Think of the universe as a giant movie reel. Each "moment" is a snapshot of data. The snapshots are strung together and played fast enough for beta movement (google beta movement) creating the illusion of movement and time. P.S. This also means every part of your body is infanite too. Think about it.

[MrMontgomeryM]

Motion happens because God moves us.

[MrMontgomeryM]

Newsflash time may not exist. Google it.

[Blacksoljah]

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[dextor314]

Calculus is the mathematics that addresses this issue, if you imagine moving with a velocity v, you can explain the motion with the derivative of position with respect to time dx/dt which basically divides each infintesimal change of position to an infintesimal change in time. I think there is more to think about when you started talking about zooming in to the quantum level where things are probabilistic and uncertain in position and or velocity. Interesting subject, great videos.

[SH10JogaBonito]

What you are referring to is time. The infinite is unmeasurable but when you say there are an infinite amount of points on the line this is where you can no longer relate it to physical existence. The idea of infinitely small measures is only possible in the form of a concept. Time is the order of one point to the next without this, the concept of a line wouldn't be possible for you could not progress or connect the points. I to thought of this when I was 11 years of age.

[sonzogonzo]

Hello :) Ive been watching some of your stuff and find you to be very intellegent and amusing! As i am not on your intelectual level i find it hard to understand some of what you say! Although i believe we are on a similar self journey! I hate maths and it crossed my mind that maybe there has just not been an answer found mathematically to answer the motion questions! Although time slicing could be a good explanation for residual hauntings! Are you still a searcher of truth?

[nowenterpsie]

Cheers indeed!

[Barklord]

The problem with the folks who say that the calculus solves this is exactly like you said. Mathematics only pretends to perform an infinite number of measurements. In practice you can never actually do an infinite number. So the mathematics is perfectly adequate for making predictions about experience without actually dealing with the philosophical paradox.

Cheers!

[Barklord]

Don't give up on this line of thinking. There is a sort of rogue mathematican/physicist named Peter Lynds (see wiki article and links) who was suddenly re-inspired by the Arrow and Tortoise/Achilles paradoxes of Zeno. One aspect of the Tortoise/Achilles paradox that I think is wonderful is that as the distance measured decreases so does the interval of time. They already knew back 2500 yrs ago that space and time were essentially the same continuum.

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