Jeremiah

It truly does not matter. Infinite is just another word for more than I can count. Which is why we use calculus.

I don't care about the supertask thing, I feel it is moot. We don't need it one way or another. -- Now back on topic... We already know that motion is...

Actually the conclusion in Wikipedia makes more sense than yours.

Hey man, I am just citing the reference you gave me, maybe next time don't use Wikipedia.

Maybe you should go back and read your own links. Form one of your own links on Zeno's paradox.

Ya, I read your post the linked pages. It must mean motion is not a supertask OR supertasks are not impossible. At anyrate it is moot.

Who cares if I can count an infinite number of points or not, I don't need to I have calculus.

Take the room crossing example, where I have to keep going to the half way point. If that is a supertask it should be impossible for me to cross the r...

In Thomson's lamp the end point is unknowable, but we know our end point already and we know our start point in Zeno's Paradox. So maybe a supertask i...

Maybe the concept of a supertask is what is being misplaced here. 0 is your starting point, now all I need is the end point, let's pick 1. Net change ...

Physics is ultimately in the realm of mathematics. The entire backbone of science is mathematics, as well as the rest of the skeleton. Basic human com...

That is the different between a convergent series and a divergent series. We know the distance between Achilles and the turtle converges to a finite n...

You are just talking about a continuous number line, which is actually a requirement for the FTC. The curve must be continuous from a to b.

But yet it is not impossible to sum them, which is what we are concerned with.

Yes it does, this distance from Achilles to the Turtle is finite, even after accounting for the movement of the Turtle. The only thing Zeno's paradox ...

I am not concerned with the parts as the parts are infinite, that is not the point, I am interested in the sum of the parts which is finite.

We I get done with work, I can do up a visual I think which may help.

Calculus is about net change, so we'd be looking for the net change from 0 to 1. You can put that on a number line call it F(b) - F(a) and you have th...

Sure it does, Zeno's paradox is about getting from point a (the start of the race) to point b (the turtle) over infinite small intermediate distances....

The track of land is basically an arc length and we are looking for the net change from point a to point b. That's calculus.

Sometimes it is good to revisit the classics.

Zeno's paradox in mathematics lends to the idea of infinite partial sums, which is the sum of infinite parts. While it can be divided an infinite numb...

Yes, I know you are eager to put me in place because you don't like me.

This is actually sequences and series that leads to an important mathematical concept that I studied in the college classroom and was tested on. Did y...

Try to think of it this way: I want to cross 10 meters but to do so first I have to get to the half way point. 10/2 = 5 Then I have to get to the half...

In theory length is not discrete, only our ability to measure it is.

It is a very important paradox concerning series and calculus. Ask yourself: How is that you can have an infinite number of distances to cover, but ye...

I think it is time for a new conundrum, something easier. I have one in mind, I just hope it is not too easy.

If 0% was in the OP we would have lost that entire part of the discussion.

People want to wrap this question up in a nice bow, with everything in its place, that's why some think 0% should be C), as they think it makes it nic...

What is see is people doing what people tend to do: Unnecessarily over complicate things. It is why the Law of Parsimony exist, to help mitigate such ...

I see you creating an entire narrative, a fantasy world, to try and facilitate your position. It is on a test, it is being graded, there is an instruc...

I find it interesting that the three sample space notion requires more hoops to jump through than the four sample space. That's why people feel the ne...

Anyone else want to back the horse that the second 25% was put there by mistake? Or can we all at least agree the question was purposely designed with...

This is not a test and clearly the second 25% is meant to be there.

It was not a mistake the question has two 25% and one 50%, with four possible answers. That very much seems to "imply" a sample space of four.

The second 25% is clearly intentional and not a typo.

I already know your argument, Michael. Unless you are repeating yourself for someone else? My position has not changed, despite your renewed effort.

Listen, as I told Michael, my entire arumgent is on the table, and I have repeated myself many times already. It is all there just go read it. Also do...

Because my arumgent is sound, besides I hate it when everyone sits around agreeing with each other, it is incredibly unproductive.

Implied? That has observational bias all over it. That is the difference that you are not seeing, I am not reinterpreting the question.

You don't just remove observations to fit your answer, that is called data hacking and as far as I am concerned, we are analyzing a data set with four...

Not one person gave a valid reason for dropping a datum.

Let's hear your logical proof for dropping a datum.

Taking things out of context, doesn't prove you are right, it just proves that you can't read.

I actually made several points, but the one that got everyone hopping is that with the sample space in the OP you get a distribution which favors 25%....

I'll keep my thoughts to myself.

Feel free to actually address my argument, as far as I can tell you only joined this conversation to poke at me.

The conversation would have never got this far without my input. Don't like me fine, but no one has actually proven me wrong and my argument is a very...

I don't think it is unreasonable of me to ask that we focus on the question in the OP and your aversion to do so is very suspicious. I also don't thin...