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Re: Temporal database - no end date

From: Marshall <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 20 Jan 2007 17:01:11 -0800
Message-ID: <1169341270.953954.58040@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>


On Jan 20, 4:53 pm, Bob Badour <bbad..._at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Marshall wrote:
>
> > PS. Also, I claim the Zeno argument is irrelevant.
> That's a classic for Joe. Not only is it irrelevant--it is wrong. Zeno
> cannot cause any problem when time is quantized because the paradox
> relies on infinitely divisible time. Even then, convergence dispells the
> paradox.

Ha! I hadn't noticed that! If the Zeno issue were to mean anything at all, it would mean a problem for the idea of *not* quantizing time!

Marshall Received on Sat Jan 20 2007 - 19:01:11 CST

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