I Zeno's paradoxes of motion in physics

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if zeno's paradoxes are true and motion is impossible, then how does an electron reach the electrostatic field of another electron?
 
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Johnny5454 said:
if zeno's paradoxes are true and motion is impossible

Motion is possible. Your fingers moved as you typed your message, did they not?
 
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Johnny5454 said:
if zeno's paradoxes are true and motion is impossible
False premise. That was easy...

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Yeah. I'm not sure what the problem is here. They aren't true.

I believe it was the invention/discovery of instantaneous velocity that solved them.

His paradoxen are based on the assumption that, if one measures the velocity of an object at an instant in time (i.e. duration = zero), one must get velocity of zero. Not true.
 
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None of the Zeno's paradox is in fact a paradox. He simply created infinite series from simple situations, but the mathematics about limits was evolved enough to solve the problems he had created.
 
Johnny5454 said:
if zeno's paradoxes are true

As several posters have already remarked, they aren't.

Since the OP question is based on a mistaken premise, this thread is closed.
 
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