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Ask HN: Can quantum physics resolve Zeno's dichotomy paradox?
1 point by josh-wrale on Aug 6, 2016 | hide | past | favorite
Funny thing hit me today. I've read that the universe is "something like pixellated" "because quantum physics". I see this as a bottom limit to smallness (not that I actually understand this stuff). Anyway, in Zeno's dichotomy paradox, space and time are purportedly infinitely divisible. Well, if again "because quantum physics" space and time are not infinitely divisible, then there's no real paradox here. Right? (probably not) :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno%27s_paradoxes#Dichotomy_paradox

Edit: typos/grammar




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