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Another example
Simonus Started conversation Aug 7, 2001
another example of this paradox that i have found is through that of 'turning a page'.
in order to turn a page you must first turn it half way (so it is in the middle of the book so to speak), but in order to do this, you must first turn it half of this - a quarter of the page thus needs to be turned. however to do this, you must turn half of this again.. and so on...
in this way you will never be able to turn the page, as you will have to turn an infinate amount of halves in order to get there, which would take an infinite amount of time, and thus 'impossible to reach'.
now try turning a page - or doing anything!
-Simonus
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