121. Zeno’s Paradoxes: Space And Motion Review to Zeno s paradoxes. http://www.truthawakens.com/zeno.asp

Zeno’s Paradoxes By Josh Peete Zeno, who lived from about 495 and 480 BC, was a disciple of Parmenides of Elea. Parmenides went around telling people that reality was an absolute, unchanging whole, and that therefore many things we take for granted, such as motion, space, and plurality, were simply illusions. At this period of time, motion and space were major philosophical questions. A philosophical question is a real question, which cannot be answered by the conceptual resources at the time the question is posed. Zeno decided to contradict Parmenides’s notion of motion and space by creating philosophical paradoxes. These paradoxes stumped philosophers for a millennia and paved the way for new philosophical thought. During this time in Greek philosophy, Parmenides of Elea realized that people believed in too many fictional concepts. He is quoted in saying, “for thou couldst not know that which is not nor utter it, for the same thing exists for thinking and being.” (Pyne) Fictional concepts like holes, space, time, motion are all ideas that do not refer to anything and therefore are illusions. His perception of space, motion, and time as fictional concepts could be interpreted in two different ways. Parmenides could be expressing that there is no space, time, or motion because reality is spacesless, timeless, and changless. Or, our ordinary concepts are in a state of grave disorder. We need to clarify the concepts that we have and replace them with new ones. During this period in history, philosophers are looking to understand how space, time, and motion work.

122. Paradox Connection String Samples - ConnectionStrings.com All Connection Strings for paradox. Database connections via Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB .4.0, paradox ODBC, and OdbcConnection. http://www.connectionstrings.com/paradox

123. Zeno's Paradox Of The Tortoise And Achilles (PRIME) Zeno s classic paradox, from the Platonic Realms Interactive Math Encyclopedia. http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/prime/articles/zeno_tort/index.asp

BROWSE ALPHABETICALLY LEVEL: Elementary Advanced Both INCLUDE TOPICS: Basic Math Algebra Analysis Biography Calculus Comp Sci Discrete Economics Foundations Geometry Graph Thry History Number Thry Physics Statistics Topology Trigonometry eno of Elea ( circa 450 b.c.) is credited with creating several famous paradoxes , but by far the best known is the paradox of the Tortoise and Achilles. (Achilles was the great Greek hero of Homer's The Iliad .) It has inspired many writers and thinkers through the ages, notably Lewis Carroll and Douglas Hofstadter, who also wrote dialogues involving the Tortoise and Achilles. The original goes something like this: The Tortoise challenged Achilles to a race, claiming that he would win as long as Achilles gave him a small head start. Achilles laughed at this, for of course he was a mighty warrior and swift of foot, whereas the Tortoise was heavy and slow. Achilles said nothing. Zeno's Paradox may be rephrased as follows. Suppose I wish to cross the room. First, of course, I must cover half the distance. Then, I must cover half the remaining distance. Then, I must cover half the remaining distance. Then I must cover half the remaining distance . . . and so on forever. The consequence is that I can never get to the other side of the room.

124. The St. Petersburg Paradox (Stanford Encyclopedia Of Philosophy) By Robert M. Martin, Dalhousie University. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/paradox-stpetersburg/

Cite this entry Search the SEP Advanced Search Tools ... Please Read How You Can Help Keep the Encyclopedia Free The St. Petersburg Paradox First published Wed Nov 4, 1998; substantive revision Mon Jun 16, 2008 The St. Petersburg game is played by flipping a fair coin until it comes up tails, and the total number of flips, n , determines the prize, which equals $2 n . Thus if the coin comes up tails the first time, the prize is $2 = $2, and the game ends. If the coin comes up heads the first time, it is flipped again. If it comes up tails the second time, the prize is $2 n flips (P( n )) is 1 divided by 2 n n n P( n Prize Expected payoff St. Petersburg Academy Proceedings (1738; English trans. 1954). 1. Decreasing Marginal Utility 2. Risk-Aversion 3. An Upper Bound on Utility 4. Finitely Many Consequences ... Related Entries 1. Decreasing Marginal Utility Bernoulli argued that the calculations leading to the paradox err by adding expected payoffs in money (dollars, in our version), whereas what should be added are the expected utilities of each consequence. The same paper in which he proposed this problem contains the first published exposition of the Principle of Decreasing Marginal utility, which he developed to deal with St. Petersburg. This principle, later widely accepted in the theory of economic behavior, states that marginal utility (the extra utility obtained from consuming a good) decreases as the quantity consumed increases; in other words, that each additional good consumed is less satisfying than the previous one. He went on to suggest that a realistic measure of the utility of money might be given by the logarithm of the money amount. Here are the first few lines in the table for this gamble if utiles = log($):

125. Paradox As such, this kind of paradox is much like aporia and functions much like a rhetorical question or erotema. Example It seems impossible to me that this http://rhetoric.byu.edu/figures/P/paradox.htm

paradox pa'-ra-dox from Gk. para , "past, contrary to" and doxa , "opinion" paradoxon paradoxum wondrer A statement that is self-contradictory on the surface, yet seems to evoke a truth nonetheless. Example Whosoever loses his life, shall find it. inopinatum . The expression of one's inability to believe or conceive of something; a type of faux wondering). As such, this kind of paradox is much like aporia and functions much like a rhetorical question or erotema Example It seems impossible to me that this administration could so quickly reverse itself on this issue. Related Figures oxymoron A compressed paradox. Rhetorical Questions erotema aporia irony Related Topics of Invention Contraries Sources: Melanch. IR c8r ("paradoxum" "inopinatum"); Day 1599 90 ("paradoxon"); Putt. (1589) 233 ("paradoxon," "the wondrer") This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License Gideon O. Burton , Brigham Young University Please cite "Silva Rhetoricae" (rhetoric.byu.edu)

126. Antiquariaat Paradox Gespecialiseerd in antiquarische werken op taalkundig en letterkundig gebied. http://www.paradox-books.nl/

127. Snopes.com: The Paradox Of Our Time Nov 1, 2007 Was the essay The paradox of Our Time penned by a student who witnessed the Columbine shootings? http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/paradox.asp

E-mail this Print this Advanced search Home ... Soapbox > The Paradox of Our Time The Paradox of Our Time Claim: A widely-circulated essay known as "The Paradox of Our Time" was penned by a student who witnessed the Columbine shootings. Status: False. Example: [Collected on the Internet, 1999] The Paradox of our Time The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less. We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; We have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, but more problems; more medicine, but less wellness. We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry too quickly, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too seldom, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We've learned how to make a living, but not a life; we've added years to life, not life to years.

128. Paradox Lost 10/03/03 paradox Lost Theater, 09/14/03 - Connection Lost, 08/17/03 - ISP Blues .. paradox Lost is protected by ninja hordes and lazer hippos. http://www.paradox-lost.com/

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129. Paradox' Home Page Site officiel de ce groupe originaire de Moselle distillant un funk groove teint de nuances jazz. http://paradoxe.free.fr/paradox.htm

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130. The Python Paradox Hence what, for lack of a better name, I ll call the Python paradox if a company chooses to write its software in a comparatively esoteric language, http://www.paulgraham.com/pypar.html

131. PDOXTool Database tool to view,print and save to txt table definitions and view and edit data from several databases and pack and re-index paradox 7 tables. Source code included. http://pdoxtool.sourceforge.net

Home Sreenshot Download For Windows 95/98/NT PDOXTool is a tool to view, print and save to file table definitions from several databases, and to pack and re-create indexes for Paradox tables. It uses BDE API and VCL classes to comunicate with databases, so you will need BDE to use it, the binary file includes staticaly linked VCL libraries so you don't need Builder C++ to use it, but will need C++ Builder 4.0 Professional to compile PDOXTool. * To use the Index and Pack tools the table MUST be closed on all other applications, or it won't work. If you have some questions, ideas or found some bug, you may e-mail me or visit PDOXTool's Sourceforge site to post questions, bugs or support issues. I put the sources in the Sourceforge CVS server, but I think I made something wrong, soon I'll fix this. The source code is avaiable for download too. Sign users list for PDOXTool - get news, support and more! (Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Preferences) Windows, Paradox, BDE, VCL, Builder C++ and SourceForge are trademarks from their respectives owners. Paulo Assis paulo@coral.srv.br

132. Math Forum: Famous Paradoxes As such, certain paradoxes and contradictions have arisen that have troubled mathematicians from ancient times to the present. Some are false paradoxes http://mathforum.org/isaac/problems/paradox.html

Famous Paradoxes A Math Forum Project Table of Contents: Famous Problems Home The Bridges of Konigsberg The Value of Pi Prime Numbers ... Links Mathematics transcends individual civilizations and specific languages. It is one large system of logic - a kind of universal language. As such, certain paradoxes and contradictions have arisen that have troubled mathematicians from ancient times to the present. Some are false paradoxes: they do not present actual contradictions, and are merely slick logic tricks. Others have shaken the very foundations of mathematics - requiring brilliant, creative mathematical thinking to resolve. Others remain unresolved to this day. Presented in these pages are two paradoxes: Zeno's motion paradox and the paradox of infinite sets, solved by Cantor. to Finding Prime Numbers to Zeno's Paradox Home The Math Library Quick Reference Search ... Help http://mathforum.org/ The Math Forum is a research and educational enterprise of the Goodwin College of Professional Studies August, 1998

133. Paradoxe De Fermi - Wikipédia O sont les extraterrestres ? Questionnement autour du paradoxe d Enrico Fermi et tentatives d lucidation. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradoxe_de_Fermi

Paradoxe de Fermi Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Aller à : Navigation rechercher Pour les articles homonymes , voir Fermi Une représentation graphique du message d'Arecibo , première tentative humaine pour communiquer avec des civilisations extra-terrestres Cet article ne cite pas suffisamment ses sources Si vous connaissez le thème traité, merci d'indiquer les passages à sourcer avec ou, mieux, incluez les références utiles en les liant aux notes de bas de page Modifier l'article Le paradoxe de Fermi s'intéresse à la question de savoir pourquoi nous n'avons jusqu'à présent trouvé aucune trace de civilisations extra-terrestres alors que le Soleil est plus jeune que beaucoup d'étoiles situées dans notre galaxie Sommaire Le problème Réponses possibles au paradoxe Les civilisations extra-terrestres n'existent pas La vie ne s'est développée que sur la Terre ... modifier Le problème C'est la question que se pose Enrico Fermi le 20 mai , dans la cafétéria du Laboratoire national de Los Alamos , au cours d'une conversation informelle avec ses collègues comme Edward Teller . Il commente un dessin humoristique paru dans le

134. Ronald - Olber's Paradox Solved A well know problem from astrophysics, Olber s paradox (Why is the night sky dark?), solved. As well as Newton s related Gravity paradox. http://www.ronaldkoster.net/olber.html

Olber's paradox solved Why is the night sky dark? Why is space dark? One of the most interresting problems in cosmology is Olber's paradox, which states that the sky should be infinitely bright day and night. Clearly this is not true. Usualy this paradox, attributed to an astronomer Heinrich Olber, is solved by stating the universe is finite, not eternal, or etc. However, a more conventional solution exists as well. It doesn't require resorting to such exotic statements. Radiation from far away stars and matter is shielded by closer by stars and matter. Wanna know more? Then read this article Unfortunately no such solution is possible for the similar Gravity paradox. Which states through a similar deduction that any object has een infinite gravitional potential energy at any point in space. Less visible but just as weird as Olber's paradox. Since gravity can not be shielded, another explanion is needed for this paradox. There is one, which is also described in the article, but it is less convenient and also a bit odd. Maybe, this odd infinite gravitational potential has something to do with Mach's principle?

135. Paradox paradox About Friends PCSCCC. A living contradiction. Gwibber, or “ Planning for Plugins”. 09 17 10. Written by Darryl Pogue. Leave a comment http://paradox22.wordpress.com/

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136. Fermi's Paradox And Extraterrestrial Visitation Suggests that aliens might be preparing mankind for the eventuality of meeting species from other worlds. http://www.ufoskeptic.org/contact.html

ufoskeptic.org Fermi's Paradox and the Preparation for Contact Hypothesis The famous physicist, Enrico Fermi, was referring to such an argument when he asked: "Where are they?" Since he was a prominent (and very smart) scientist, his simple question has been given a duly profound name: Fermi's paradox. The paradox is resolved, of course, if the answer is: "Well, they are already here!" (and possibly have been for a very long time and perhaps have even been involved in the rather sudden emergence of homo sapiens sapiens, but that may be over the top, so ignore that last conjecture if it is too much, though I seem to recall that even Sagan considered that possibility at some point). Their being here but surreptitiously would answer Fermi and at the same time address a second common objection to the UFO phenomenon by scientists: that the observations indicate such utterly nonsensical, bizarre behaviour that it just could not possibly be real. Intelligent visitors just would not pull such disreputable antics as have been reported. It is tempting to argue, as some do, that since the visitors are not behaving like proper alien explorers, there are no visitors in the first place. (For some reason this logic brings to mind Galileo attempting to get the Cardinals to look through his telescope.) To counter this argument, I would like to suggest one possible rationale that might, in principle at least (no real world guarantees), account for the widespread, disjoint kind of behavior that the UFO phenomenon has manifested over 50 years. The reason for proposing this "preparation for contact hypothesis" (which is certainly no original idea of mine) is simply to facilitate a "suspension of disbelief" so that the UFO evidence can be confronted on its own terms without the mental roadblock that the phenomenon violates all common sense, or more precisely the common sense of modern western society, and that of the scientific community in particular, and hence cannot be real.

137. Fermi's Paradox A couple of possible resolutions to the question of galactic colonization. http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/astro/seti/dt/fermi.html

Fermi's Paradox If technology continues to improve, we can easily conceive of colonizing the entire galaxy in less then 100 million years. For example, one can conceive of many man made probes sent to a host of other stars. Some will find environments suitable for human life and could clone humans (and other animals and plants) from onboard DNA samples. Another possibility is that artificial intelligence will develop an exploratory desire and produce machines that can replicate themselves. These machines could travel to neighbouring stars. Those that find solar systems with enough raw materials could go about manufacturing replicas of themselves (or improvements thereof). These daughter probes could then be sent to further multitudes of stars and in a short time the entire galaxy would be completely colonized by these so called Von Neumann probes. Most of the stars in the galaxy are more than a billion years older than the Sun. If life and civilizations are common throughout the galaxy then they should have colonized the galaxy long ago. Where are they? This is known as Fermi's paradox. Fermi's paradox relies on the assumption that civilizations (as we know them) have a desire to colonize (or at least explore) the Galaxy. Team 1 resolves Fermi's paradox by arguing that we don't see evidence for aliens because other technological civilizations have no desire to colonize or explore the Galaxy (do we have such a desire?) or that the physical limitations behind space travel have made colonization impossible.

138. Divine Paradox - Ageless Wisdom In Action - Meditation, Art, Sacred Tarot Devoted to helping individuals transform awareness through the recognition and practical application of Ageless Wisdom to life. The arts, sacred tarot, http://www.divineparadox.com/

Divine Paradox We live in a world of paradox, where things are seldom as they appear. We witness events or encounter evidence that doesn't make sense, or that seems contradictory, ugly, or painful. As a result, some become jaded realists, while others shut their eyes and escape into a private world of fantasy or despair. A few, however, somehow find a way to remain awake and engaged, and are able to reconcile and even redeem the inevitable contradictions and setbacks of life. Thus, they find a way to experience true peace, happiness, love, beauty and stability. Check out our definition of Paradox Read what the Ageless Wisdom has to say about the Divine Paradox A poem: Paradox The Rules of the Game of Life Explore the Principles and Laws of life, encapsulated in symbol and myth.

139. Fermi Paradox/Drake Equation Drake s equation attempts to estimate the number N of currently extant civilizations in our galaxy that would be able to contact each other. http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/phy99/phy99024.htm

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140. Moon Miners' Manifesto: Fermi's Paradox, The Great Silence, And The Singularity Long article discussing the implications of what is known so far about other life in the universe. http://www.asi.org/adb/06/09/03/02/108/fermi-singularity.html

ASI W9900338r1.0 Moon Miners' Manifesto #108 September 1997 Section 6.9.3.2.108.of the Artemis Data Book Fermi's Paradox, The Great Silence, and The Singularity by Tihamer T. Toth-Fejel August 21, 1997 [See MMM # 106, JUN '97: p 3. The Real Question About Life on Mars, Tihamer Toth-Fejel; p 4. Some Real Questions About Fermi's Paradox, Peter Kokh.] The possibility of life on Mars raises some hidden but staggering issues regarding our place in the universe, and and finding some would impact us as much as the Copernican Perspective did hundreds of years ago. In a nutshell, finding life on Mars would intensify the Fermi Paradox in that with two successes out of two possibilities, it would seem that the universe should be teeming with life, and the aliens should have already been here. But they aren't. All Space activists are united in the belief that we need to be a Spacefaring species to insure not only that our home world is protected from K/T class meteorites, but that if one does somehow get past us, then viable pockets of humanity beyond the cradle world would remain to carry on our civilization. Therefore, the answer to Fermi's Paradox has little bearing in our day-to-day lobbying and other grassroots pro-space efforts (unless we run into SETI enthusiasts) and in fact, won't be relevant until we finish settling our Solar System. After that point, the resolution to Fermi's Paradox will be critical to our survival as a species. It is very difficult to devise strong theories based on one data point. But it's so much fun, especially when the philosophical implications of these theories are so overwhelming.

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