George,
My personal favorite question, since college days, is Zeno's Paradox. I once had an argument with my father, a mathematician, who said that its solution lay in the application of Calculus, by means of an understanding of the infinitesimal. I remained unconvinced.
The question is: "how is movement possible?". It is based on the premise that to move from point A to point B, a point in between, point C, must first be reached. But between point A and point C there is another point that must first be reached, and ad infinitum.
I guess it is just a case of trying to comprehend infinity. BTW, is infinity "something"?
Skipper |
