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_at_a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>
Date: 20 Jan 2007 17:01:11 -0800
Message-ID: <1169341270.953954.58040_at_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 Sun Jan 21 2007 - 02:01:11 CET