Zeno's Paradoxes

Zeno was a Greek philosopher who lived circa 490 to 430 BC. Zeno’s paradoxes paradoxes have puzzled us for more than 2500 years now; three of them are presented here for you to ponder upon.

1. Achilles and the tortoise: In a race, the quickest runner can never overtake the slowest, since the pursuer must first reach the point whence the pursued started, so that the slower must always hold a lead.

2. Dichotomy paradox: That which is in locomotion must arrive at the half-way stage before it arrives at the goal.  

3. Arrow paradox: If everything when it occupies an equal space is at rest, and if that which is in locomotion is always occupying such a space at any moment, the flying arrow is therefore motionless.

Let’s think!