tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467236423735891536.post5298254418518716032..comments2023-10-29T13:33:18.452+00:00Comments on Anthony Peake's Cheating The Ferryman Blog Page: Zeno's Bisection Paradox - A New AngleAnthony Peakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12199138770925114308noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467236423735891536.post-72181832645900157282008-02-11T15:43:00.000+00:002008-02-11T15:43:00.000+00:00Tony.Thompson's Lamp IS fundamentally capable of b...Tony.<BR/>Thompson's Lamp IS fundamentally capable of being disproved mathematically without resorting to Cantor's infinity paradox.<BR/>I will try and explain simply (but knowing me that may be quite difficult).<BR/>Immanuael Kant's First Antinomy is a good example but basically the difference lies within the infinity divisibility of material objects against the altogether different aspect of the invinite divisibility of time.<BR/>For example, what Thompson's Lamp does NOT take into effect is the amount of time taken to actually switch the switch. Admittedly this is a relatively small amount of time, but given the infinite division of time you will soon reach a moment when the remaining divisible time is less than the functional time of the action.<BR/>As there is a definite limited block of time to work within, the switching would have to get progressively faster and faster the closer it drew to the two min mark, in a seemingly tangential fashion. Always closer but never reaching, achieving greater than light speed, double light speed, quad, etc. Given the parameters of the problem, it sounds like a fallacious problem on the face. By the 'end' of two min, the light would appear, for all intents and purposes, continuous. <BR/>Like 'motion' and 'time'.<BR/>*BLIMEY!!*<BR/>On an aside it was a delight to meet Max Payne at the SMN last year and, Tony aside obviously, he is one of the most fascinating men I've met in years.<BR/>Although he is wrong on Cantor, but I'm not even going to attempt to document how here, expect a book sometime in the future (pun very much intended).<BR/>*needs a lie down*Karl Le Marcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01402028443489182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467236423735891536.post-74744341539562688392008-02-11T15:40:00.000+00:002008-02-11T15:40:00.000+00:00TrumpetBlowOwn*tee hee*Trumpet<BR/>Blow<BR/>Own<BR/>*tee hee*Karl Le Marcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01402028443489182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467236423735891536.post-9606906151391104402008-02-11T15:38:00.000+00:002008-02-11T15:38:00.000+00:00Damn straight....Oh my, what an outstanding play o...Damn straight....<BR/><BR/><BR/>Oh my, what an outstanding play on words!Hurlyburlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991008325876909831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467236423735891536.post-51104606178568922502008-02-11T15:37:00.000+00:002008-02-11T15:37:00.000+00:00My dear fellow, have you just kissed me? Thrice !!...My dear fellow, have you just kissed me? Thrice !!<BR/>*swoons*Karl Le Marcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01402028443489182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467236423735891536.post-65896748822751556782008-02-11T15:35:00.000+00:002008-02-11T15:35:00.000+00:00Karl your schtick called...It's batteries need cha...Karl your schtick called...<BR/><BR/>It's batteries need changing!<BR/><BR/><BR/>xxxHurlyburlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991008325876909831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467236423735891536.post-1469084936910907802008-02-11T15:26:00.000+00:002008-02-11T15:26:00.000+00:00Ah! Now I understand Martin, I just thought you'd ...Ah! Now I understand Martin, I just thought you'd been drinking again.<BR/>*hic!*Karl Le Marcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01402028443489182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467236423735891536.post-49022993285708793852008-02-11T15:18:00.000+00:002008-02-11T15:18:00.000+00:00Of course ... "Groundhog Day".Now I understand the...Of course ... "Groundhog Day".<BR/><BR/>Now I understand the significance of your cryptic text.<BR/><BR/>Very good, mucho impresso.Anthony Peakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12199138770925114308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467236423735891536.post-90152008996739219822008-02-11T15:14:00.000+00:002008-02-11T15:14:00.000+00:00It's the same things your whole life. "Clean up yo...It's the same things your whole life. "Clean up your room.", "Stand up straight.", "Pick up your feet.", "Take it like a man.", "Be nice to your sister.", "Don't mix beer and wine, ever.". Oh yeah, "Don't drive on the railroad track." <BR/><BR/><BR/>I'll give you a clue... there have been two posts very close together with the title of this movie this month.Hurlyburlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991008325876909831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467236423735891536.post-81721139313660090542008-02-11T15:12:00.000+00:002008-02-11T15:12:00.000+00:00Tony,I can assure you that the NLP stuff I showed ...Tony,<BR/>I can assure you that the NLP stuff I showed you was pure Psychology and NLP and not in anyway any misdirection or card-trickery.<BR/>Indeed when I next see you, I'll try to do all five cards in a row and not just one at a time - this IS possible but is extremely difficult.<BR/>I'm just composing an email to you which may help explain further.Karl Le Marcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01402028443489182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467236423735891536.post-81600517431074253472008-02-11T15:10:00.000+00:002008-02-11T15:10:00.000+00:00cause there might be a train a comin'!!!You have ...cause there might be a train a comin'!!!<BR/><BR/>You have me interested. What was the movie?Anthony Peakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12199138770925114308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467236423735891536.post-68942392208842187592008-02-11T15:05:00.000+00:002008-02-11T15:05:00.000+00:00Yeah but neither one of you two genius's could pla...Yeah but neither one of you two genius's could place that quote from your favourite-theory-related film though could you!<BR/><BR/>"Oh yeah..... don't drive on the railroad track!"Hurlyburlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991008325876909831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467236423735891536.post-24405033956787506642008-02-11T14:59:00.000+00:002008-02-11T14:59:00.000+00:00Karl,After you applying NLP to your Zennor cards o...Karl,<BR/><BR/>After you applying NLP to your Zennor cards on Saturday I had the vague feeling that you could actually tell what I was thinking!!<BR/><BR/>But then again maybe not (chuckle).<BR/><BR/>For those of you unaware of what I am talking about (and only a bloke called Richard was witness to this) Karl has a frightening skill of applying elements of Neurolinguistic Programming to predicting what card an individual will/has selected. He has clearly learned a lot from his close friend Derren Brown. What I could not quite make my mind up was whether the NLP bit was a misdirection and it was simply a clever card trick or whether it was really applying NLP. If it was I, for one, was very impressed.Anthony Peakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12199138770925114308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467236423735891536.post-31898838328744283092008-02-11T14:53:00.000+00:002008-02-11T14:53:00.000+00:00Hey Tony, is that you adopting my Quantum Gravity ...Hey Tony, is that you adopting my Quantum Gravity theory already !!<BR/>Blimey !<BR/>You must have grasped the concept faster than the look on your face suggested.<BR/>*impressed*Karl Le Marcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01402028443489182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467236423735891536.post-14024665930009809232008-02-11T14:49:00.000+00:002008-02-11T14:49:00.000+00:00Carenza,I agree. The 'Event Horizon' image is anot...Carenza,<BR/><BR/>I agree. The 'Event Horizon' image is another classic example of bisection. <BR/><BR/>Interesting point though - is there a 'distance' that cannot be bisected? For example I have head much of the term 'The Planck length' which I understand is the smallest possible size thout our science and maths can conceive of. It has a length of approximately 1.6 × 10−35 (to the minus 35) metres, 6.3 × 10−34 inches, or about 10−20 times the diameter of a proton. This is where quantum gravity will take effect (as per the recent discussions on gravity).<BR/><BR/>What we then have is Planck Time. <BR/><BR/>Planck time is the time it would take a photon travelling at the speed of light to across a distance equal to the Planck length. This is the ‘quantum of time’, the smallest measurement of time that has any meaning, and is equal to 10-43 seconds. No smaller division of time has any meaning. With in the framework of the laws of physics as we understand them today, we can say only that the universe came into existence when it already had an age of 10-43 seconds.<BR/><BR/>As such will there be a point whereby the distance between my skydiver and the ground cannot be bisected anymore because of the dual effect of both Planck Time (10 to the minus 43 seconds) and Planck Length (10 to the minus 35 metres)?<BR/><BR/>My brain hurts - Or am I being a bit of a plank myself?!!!Anthony Peakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12199138770925114308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467236423735891536.post-43759074078171116392008-02-11T14:41:00.000+00:002008-02-11T14:41:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Karl Le Marcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01402028443489182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467236423735891536.post-14309914810382032942008-02-11T14:00:00.000+00:002008-02-11T14:00:00.000+00:00I think this is entirely plausible. Its comparable...I think this is entirely plausible. Its comparable to falling into a black hole. From outside we go 'shoooop', gone!<BR/><BR/>But to the person going in, it goes on forever. The singularity is infintely distant so takes forever to reach, even though the event horizon may be only a few millimeters across (externally).<BR/><BR/>Anyone who has an old fashioned electrical meter can see this scaling effect in action on the 'Resistance' range. You see '0' at the extreme right of the scale and a few finite values in the middle.<BR/><BR/>But the left end of the scale gets more and more crowded as the numbers increase. Inifite resistance is on the extreme left end of the scale.Carenza Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11914178257786384893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467236423735891536.post-22537979959202770282008-02-11T10:13:00.000+00:002008-02-11T10:13:00.000+00:00I consider things of this nature to be the inevita...I consider things of this nature to be the inevitable cracks in the framework of our reality. The little details that cannot be ironed out to keep us from questioning the nature of things. <BR/><BR/>I think this is a perfect analogy that demonstrates the problem of time and it's duality with reality.Hurlyburlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991008325876909831noreply@blogger.com