How is Zeno's Paradox resolved in physics?

See a previous question about this. The basic idea is that the physical world is probably not infinitely divisible in time and space. Also ordinary quantum mechanics predicts that all particles have a built-in uncertainty in their position and velocity that makes their 'wave functions' be spread out in space and time, and not permanently defined at a specific point. I think that this goes a long way towards 'fuzzing out' Zeno's Paradox.


Copyright 1997 Dr. Sten Odenwald
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