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Old 05-12-2002, 01:48 PM   #11
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How could a dog travel a [in]finite [number of infinitely small] distance[s], in a finite amound of time
Hey, TV has just discovered calculus. Bravo.
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Old 05-12-2002, 01:52 PM   #12
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dE*dt <= h
Sounds like the heisenberg "certainty" principle to me.
(it should be a greater than sign)
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Old 05-12-2002, 04:10 PM   #13
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You are right In there are other mistakes too. I just get frustrated at philosophical speculation on the level of "zenos paradox". I had endless speculative theories about infinity, discreteness of time / space but my first calculus course got me over the confusion.

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