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Full Idea
One possible answer is that Zeno is wrong because it is not true that by accumulating an infinite number of things one ends up with an infinite thing.
Gist of Idea
Zeno assumes collecting an infinity of things makes an infinite thing
Source
Carlo Rovelli (Reality is Not What it Seems [2014], 01)
Book Ref
Rovelli,Carlo: 'Reality is Not What it Seems', ed/tr. Carnell/Segre [Penguin 2016], p.14
A Reaction
I do love it when deep and complex ideas are expressed with perfect simplicity. As long as the simple version is correct.
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| 21585 | The tortoise won't win, because infinite instants don't compose an infinitely long time [Russell] |
| 7557 | To solve Zeno's paradox, reject the axiom that the whole has more terms than the parts [Russell] |
| 14149 | The Achilles Paradox concerns the one-one correlation of infinite classes [Russell] |
| 21690 | Whenever the pursuer reaches the spot where the pursuer has been, the pursued has moved on [Quine] |
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| 4229 | An infinite series of tasks can't be completed because it has no last member [Lowe] |
| 20457 | Zeno assumes collecting an infinity of things makes an infinite thing [Rovelli] |