[ot] Tortoise fables (was: Re: [plug] dlink dsl-300)

[Cameron Patrick]

On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 03:42:29PM +0800, James Devenish wrote:
| In message <20031204072315.GJ1551 at erdos.home>
| on Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 03:23:15PM +0800, Cameron Patrick wrote:
| > Not at all.  Google for "zeno tortoise achilles" - the first hit is:
| > 
| > http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/prime/articles/zeno_tort/index.asp
| 
| Hmm, interesting. That page says "by far the best-known is the paradox
| of the Tortoise and Achilles", but looking elsewhere I see that this was
| the second argument documented by Aristotle, and I'm sure I was
| introduced to the first without reference to the second. Better
| sue the Education Department <g>

The first was the only one I remember hearing about at school - and then
as the "pencil never hits the wall" paradox rather than as the "arrow"
paradox.  The Tortoise one I found out about via reading the Hofstadter
book a couple of years ago.  The other two of Zeno's paradoxes I've
heard mention of but can't remember any details about.

Cameron.