PREFACE
PREFACE
From logic/mathematics:
• Between A and B lie infinite intermediate points
• To move from A to B requires completing an infinite sequence
• Completing an infinite sequence in finite time is impossible
• Therefore: Motion is impossible (P)
From direct observation:
• Your finger is at A
• Your finger moves
• Your finger is at B
• Time elapsed: finite
• Therefore: Motion occurred (Not-P)
BOTH P AND NOT-P ARE TRUE.
This Destroys LNC:
Law of identity
Take an atom of copper A
For A = A to hold over time:
• A at t₀ must be identical to A at t₁
• But this requires A to persist through time
• Persisting through time requires existing at intermediate moments
• Intermediate moments are infinite
• Cannot traverse infinite moments
• Therefore: Identity through time is impossible
The atom at B is not identical to the atom at A, because the “moving atom” that would connect them cannot exist.