This next paradox is based off of the Achilles and Tortoise paradox made by Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea in the 5th century BC.
Imagine a Food Network star is competing in a casual donut eating challenge. The star challenges a little four year old to compete with him.
To keep things fair, he agrees to give the tortoise a head start of 10 donuts. When the contest begins, he unsurprisingly starts eating at a far more rapid pace then the four year old, so that by the time he has reached the 10 donut mark, the toddler has only eaten 5 more than him.
But by the time he has reached the 15 donut mark, the toddler has eaten another two more.
And by the time he has reached his 17th mark, the four-year-old has finished one more, then half, then 0.25, and so on.
This process continues again and again over an infinite series of smaller and smaller distances, with the toddler always moving forwards while the other always plays catch up.
Other than gaining a VERY unhealthy amount of weight, the four-year-old will always be winning the challenge, even though the margin gets infinitely smaller.
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