The Tortoise and the Hare: Redux
I’ve been giving some more thought to this quandary.
Zeno was very clearly an under-achiever, came left with girls and suffered from premature balding. This latter point is easily shown in his theory about the hair that never quite makes its destination.
None of this explains the tortoise though and how it fits in to the bigger picture. I can only assume he used one as some kind of hat.
That he was an under-achiever is easily understood. His paradox is riddle with the inability to reach the goal post, something he managed to justify metaphorically. This genius is lamentable and I can only wish that I had thought of using it for myself at school. It certainly applies quite well to:
- the queue in the Home Affairs Office
- the Post-Office
- my inbox
- come to think of it, my outbox too
Admittedly that is all the thought I’ve given the matter. It wasn’t really that interesting to begin with.
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