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- -=EGReSS PRODUCTIONS INC=-
-
- present:
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- The EGReSS Answer to CDC's "Illusion of Motion"
-
-
- The following text is from Cult of the Dead Cow textfile #188.
- It discusses the so-called illusion of motion, but here, right now,
- I, Hermit the Herman, am going to show you why this textfile is not
- logical.
-
-
- <---Excerpt from CDC188.TXT----------------------------------------------->
-
- There is only one being, continuous, material, and motionless.
-
- Let's take a moment to examine a number line.
-
- <----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---->
- 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70
-
- It's pretty simple to understand. The line represents a distance, and the
- "|" characters symbolize different points on the line-the exact points are
- differentiated by the number below them.
-
- Any number line is understood to have contain points which aren't
- necessarily designated by a number. For example, on the above number line
- we know that between 5 and 10 we can find the point 7. This example is
- illustrated below.
-
- <----|-|--|---->
- 5 7 10
-
- In fact, it is understood that there are an infinite number of points on
- any number line. Between 5 and 7 we can find the points 5.009852, 5.9, 6,
- 6.262623627000029873257690125762, 6.3336, 6.999, 6.9999, etc.
-
- Rulers are examples of how we might commonly use a number line.
- Different rulers mark off different distances such as yards, feet, inches,
- centimeters, millimeters, and so on. Obviously rulers cannot be used to
- measure all distances because some distances may be too small to be measured
- practically with the naked eye.
-
- Hypothetically speaking, let's say you had a worm and a razor blade.
- Let's also hypothesize that this particular worm is two inches long. Now if
- you were to cut this worm exactly in half you should have "two worms" each
- one inch long.
-
- If you then took one of those one inch pieces and cut it in half you
- would then have two pieces each one fourth of an inch long-I don't really
- know how many times you can cut a worm in half before it stops becoming two
- worms and just becomes pieces of worm.
-
- Theoretically, if you had the right tools, you should be able to continue
- cutting that worm in half forever. You simply take one of those 1/4 inch
- pieces, cut it, and then you have a 1/8 inch piece. Then you cut it again,
- and you have a 1/16..1/34..1/68..1/136..etc. And why not? If you placed this
- worm (prior to cutting it at all) on a number line and found it covered the
- distance between 1 and 2 (and we all know there are an infinite number of
- points on a number line) then you should be able to use the worm as a kind
- of ruler and be able to locate an infinite number of points on it.
-
- Okay, so now we know worms are an infinite number of points long.
- Skyscrapers are also an infinite number of points long. Therefore, worms are
- as tall as skyscrapers. Skyscrapers as tall as worms.
-
- Because everything has an infinite number of points and is infinitely
- divisible, then everything must be equal in length (width, height, etc.).
-
- How is this possible? Simple. The universe isn't made up of many
- different things, it's just one singular object.
-
- <---End of Excerpt of CDC188.TXT------------------------------------------>
-
- Its not possible!
-
- You CAN cut a skyscraper into millions of parts, and you CAN cut a
- work into millions of parts, but they are NOT INFINITE!
-
- If you had the right tools to cut both a worm and a skyscraper into
- little parts no longer visible to the human eye, soon it would just become
- individual molecules of flesh and guts in the worm, and iron in the
- skyscraper.
-
- And when you start cutting the molecules, you just end up with atoms.
- If you cut the atoms theres nothing left. But if you stop and just leave it
- at atoms, theres a whole lot more skyscraper atoms than there are worm
- atoms.
-
- Therefore, worms are not as tall as skyscrapers.
-
-
-
- Hermit the Herman
-
-
- (c)opyright 4.1.94
-
-
- Special thanks to Brian Spicer for supplying me with all this info when I
- asked him why worms aren't as big as skyscrapers.
-