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Stepping walk.

I have a question for everyone.

If you walked one foot, you would have first had to halve walked 1/2 foot. I think we can all agree that this would be correct.

But to step 1/2 of a foot, we would have had to step 1/4 of a foot. Again this is correct.

The problem lies in this. To step 1/4 of a foot, again you first have to step 1/8 of a foot!

These numbers can be divided infinitely! Thus making it IMPOSSIBLE to walk one foot.

Does this make sense? And if not, PLEASE STATE WHY SO.

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Kuvri (yodaluv12) 2 #
Kangerlussuaq, 01, GL | 1 year ago (5 minutes after post)

ahh.. the zeno paradox.

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Bogdan (Gone) 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (5 minutes after post)

It is measured by the start to the end. In one footstep, you dont walk the smaller distances until the larger distance has been completed because you still have the choice to take your foot back and not walk at all.

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Xeno Dragon 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (11 minutes after post)

Well… except that the average human stride is between 2 1/2 feet-3 feet. Better to start with miles and work your way back.

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Kangerlussuaq, 01, GL | 1 year ago (12 minutes after post)

Hahaha! Xeno responded to Zeno’s Paradox :)

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Xeno Dragon 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (14 minutes after post)

Well, yeah. I happen to disagree with it, though. Like I said, the average human walks further than a single foot with each step. This might make sense for a millipede, but logically, it’s just a mathematical principal made to look like philosophy.

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (18 minutes after post)

Xeno Dragon wrote:
Well, yeah. I happen to disagree with it, though. Like I said, the average human walks further than a single foot with each step. This might make sense for a millipede, but logically, it’s just a mathematical principal made to look like philosophy.

Yea :p I know its inapplicable in the real world (We all know its possible to walk a foot if you wanted). I just wanted to see what kind of responses I would get:3

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Xeno Dragon 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (20 minutes after post)

Nightowl wrote:

Xeno Dragon wrote:
Well, yeah. I happen to disagree with it, though. Like I said, the average human walks further than a single foot with each step. This might make sense for a millipede, but logically, it’s just a mathematical principal made to look like philosophy.

Yea :p I know its inapplicable in the real world (We all know its possible to walk a foot if you wanted). I just wanted to see what kind of responses I would get:3

I’m not dissing you or anyone who believes it, mind you. I, personally, dislike it because it’s poorly expressed in my opinion. I’ve hated it ever since I learned it in my college philosophy class.

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Kangerlussuaq, 01, GL | 1 year ago (25 minutes after post)

Yeah like you can’t run a marathon because you’d have to pass the halfway point, but to get there, you’d need the quarter-way point. It’s a great theory that just doesn’t work in real life.

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Good ole boy 17 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (17 hours, 43 minutes after post)

these are just terms of measurement. realistically, nobody is going to walk in 1/8 of a foot increments. or 1/16, 1/32, 1/64, and so on and so forth. it is merely impossible to put those types of numbers into a single step.

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Nightowl 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (2 days, 2 hours after post)

mills wrote:
these are just terms of measurement. realistically, nobody is going to walk in 1/8 of a foot increments. or 1/16, 1/32, 1/64, and so on and so forth. it is merely impossible to put those types of numbers into a single step.

But everybody does have to go half way before they go all the way! Thats what makes this so trippy!

Think about it, your not “walking in increments”.

Maybe a better analogy would be…

To throw a ball from the pitchers mound to home plate, after you threw the ball it doesn’t just teleport from point A to point B. First it has to travel half of the distance (for if it NEVER travels half of ANY distance, it didnt move at all!) before it reaches its goal. But to first travel it has to FIRST travel half of a half! ect. ect.

Understand?

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Bogdan (Gone) 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (2 days, 3 hours after post)

It only travels half of a distance if it makes it the full distance.

By saying it has to go half of half of half, etc. then that is no movement, but the thing is, the ball does make it and it has travelled all those halves to get where it is going because it is only half if it makes it the full way.

With no movement, there is no distance. With no distance, movement becomes irrelevant making this into a metaphysical discussion about concepts that don’t really matter.

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Nightowl 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (2 days, 16 hours after post)

Bogdan wrote:
It only travels half of a distance if it makes it the full distance.

By saying it has to go half of half of half, etc. then that is no movement, but the thing is, the ball does make it and it has travelled all those halves to get where it is going because it is only half if it makes it the full way.

With no movement, there is no distance. With no distance, movement becomes irrelevant making this into a metaphysical discussion about concepts that don’t really matter.

Good answer!

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