Actual Infinite

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> CARTER

> Zeno's paradox is not applicable to the point we are discussing. In fact,

> Zeno's entire point was to demonstrate that Hermes' passing the tortoise

> was an illusion - basically the opposite of what you are trying to

> demonstrate.


BAKKE
That's ridiculous.  Zeno's point was that men *do* pass tortoises. 
Therefore, there was something wrong with the notion that time is
infinitely divisible.  Of course, Zeno couldn't say what it was since
quantum physics didn't exist in the body of scientific knowledge in his
day.

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