I got into an argument with a friend who says logic and reason alone cannot determine the truth, and that we need emotions too. He says that Zeno’s Paradox is proof of the shortcomings of math/physics in determining the nature of reality. Is he right about this? I thought math/physics are the holy grails for understanding the nature of the universe.
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> He says that Zeno’s Paradox is proof of the shortcomings of math/physics in determining the nature of reality. Is he right about this?
No, he’s not. He misunderstands Zeno’s Paradox. It doesn’t mean that all of physics and math is wrong. Paradoxes are nothing but our lack of understanding how some things work. We know the arrow goes from the bow to the target. We know the Rabbit can outrun the tortuous. The notion that things have to move in the increments Zeno suggests, is not a real thing. Just because one needs to cross the halfway point, does not mean a person is limited to only going that far. So your friend is misunderstanding what is really going on. Sounds like he has some agenda to push, like religion. When people start claiming math and physics are wrong, you know they are probably pushing religion.
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