Infinity and Infinity Machines | Maths & Philosophy

This is a re-upload of a talk that James Studd made for the 2020 online open days on Zeno, Infinity, and Infinity Machines.
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If I have interpreted the references correctly, the counter argument not mentioned at the end is along the lines that mathematical operations cannot always be applied to the real world. For example, the concept of travelling infinitely many distances or completing infinitely many tasks is physically impossible, so this mathematical description is inaccurate. One example Salmon gives is that addition makes sense when applied to fruit, but does not make sense when mixing certain liquids. So our mathematical description or understanding of the physical world is not complete, and the description that Achilles travels infinitely many distances is wrong.

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Iam zeroth

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I think it would be fun if we started with "zeroth" on maths videos. ^James

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@@OxfordMathematicsPlus haha yes but you forgot negative numbers!! Lol

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@@OxfordMathematicsPlus x suites better James