Achilles and the Tortoise (English subtitles)

Opening sequence from Takeshi Kitano's Achilles and the Tortoise, depicting Zeno's paradox. See also: http://hellenicantidote.blogspot.com/2010/11/achilles-and-tortoise.html

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Takeshi Kitano
• Achilles and the Tortoise
• Zeno's paradox

[jessechisel126]

This is just wrong. All it demonstrates is that as the time of the race approaches 1 second, the runner gets infinitely closer to the turtle. But if you calculate each of their progress at any time past 1 second, you would see that the runner has passed the turtle. They're just tricking people with the concept of infinity.

[Satansbitch101]

@PowerfrogsBeotch can't tell if stupid or trolling...

[TheRepublicPanda]

.9999 Repeating equal 1...

[925tiger]

if this was the case, then the tortoise and achillies were moving their legs at the same speed?

[davemark07]

why is he racing a tortoise anyway?

[opiumkidx]

0:47 the math is off by a decimal

[4r4biq]

unless there was a deeper meaning to this, this is the dumbest shit I've seen

[nowenterme1]

the .99999... would continue but they never reached the second 1.0

[nowenterme1]

he would catch up because all that supposedly takes place in one second

[MyOverflow]

@imranhamid99 Uhh, are you sure your math is correct?

2/0.5 = 4. 2/(1/2) = 2*2/1 = 4/1 = 4.

[coltsindiana]

@BlakeFowlerVideos yes, there are infinite points, and also the universe is infinitly big, see Nassim Haramein, the universe is FRACTAL! this is the answer of this paradox.