merrily blowing people's minds — Agent Smith
answering them comes later, much, much later, assuming it's even possible to do so. — Agent Smith
He did some good blow jobs indeed. — EugeneW
Unless we understand the movements of our limbs as answers. — lll
Life throws us hungry into a mess — lll
My question is, has philosophy made progress? It's a simple question. Dare I think it has a simple answer? — Agent Smith
our infinite jest is proof of the progress of philosophy — lll
No clear-cut answer. — Agent Smith
Does Democritus resonate with you at any level? — Agent Smith
Wittgenstein: I like where he intends to take us, but I'm skeptical of his ability to do so! Bear with me: me, tenderfoot! — Agent Smith
Good luck, good person! — Agent Smith
I hope I'll be able to read that book, if luck doesn't dump me like the last time she did! — Agent Smith
Zeno wouldn't have made such a vexing, idiotic speculation had he read and groked Democritus. — 180 Proof
Planck dispelled Zeno's "infinite divisibility" assumption once and for all. — 180 Proof
Science has provided physical grist for the metaphysical mill in many many instances — 180 Proof
Conclusion: I can't even begin my run, let alone finish it. I'm at the starting line and I'm stuck, I can make not an inch of progress. — Agent Smith
Zeno wouldn't have made such a vexing, idiotic speculation had he read and groked Democritus. Anyway, Max Planck dispelled Zeno's "infinite divisibility" assumption once and for all. Science has provided physical grist for the metaphysical mill in many many instances. — 180 Proof
Paradoxes are semantic or conceptual illusions generated by inadequate, or faulty, premises. Zeno's faulty premise is that the physical world is 'infinitely divisible', which atomists (of his day) conceptually and quantum physicists (over twenty-two centuries after him) experimentally have demonstrated is not the case. Poof, no paradox – we know how Zeno's magic "arrow" trick is done. :sparkle: — 180 Proof
Planck dispelled Zeno's "infinite divisibility" assumption once and for all. — 180 Proof
Doubt, like belief or disbelief, requires grounds. — 180 Proof
Zeno made one big mistake. He thought the spacetime continuum could be broken up in parts. Just try break up time in pieces. Or space. It's hard — EugeneW
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