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A Mathematical Fable: Rabbit versus Turtle Race
a) Rabbit and turtle combined a race along a road of infinite length.
b) As time progresses to infinity, the distance between the rabbit and the turtle tends to infinity.
c) As time progresses, both animals approach infinity.
d)The closer time approaches infinity, the closer the rabbit is to the end of the race.
e)However, the turtle's distance from the start of the test tends to infinity.
Does this reasoning have logic or is it pure rubbish?
It is certain that by biology, that is, the lifespan of the turtle is much longer than the lifespan of the rabbit. So it is likely that the turtle will overtake the rabbit, even if it never reaches infinity.
a) Rabbit and turtle combined a race along a road of infinite length.
b) As time progresses to infinity, the distance between the rabbit and the turtle tends to infinity.
c) As time progresses, both animals approach infinity.
d)The closer time approaches infinity, the closer the rabbit is to the end of the race.
e)However, the turtle's distance from the start of the test tends to infinity.
Does this reasoning have logic or is it pure rubbish?
It is certain that by biology, that is, the lifespan of the turtle is much longer than the lifespan of the rabbit. So it is likely that the turtle will overtake the rabbit, even if it never reaches infinity.
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