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I remember as a kid asking how many possible speeds there are between 60 mph and 0 mph. Infinite right? So how does the car get from 60 to stopped when mom hits the brakes?


> how does the car get from 60 to stopped when mom hits the brakes?

The sum of an infinite series can be finite [1].

[1] https://www.mathcentre.ac.uk/resources/uploaded/mc-ty-conver...


That you can split any finite length into an infinite amount does not equate to having to traverse infinite numbers.


Not infinite if we take into the account that we have a physical car. Speed many but not infinite steps.

Everything is infinite if we think this way.


Zeno’s paradox.


The car (and people) never truly stop moving, the earth is in orbit, spinning and rotating around the galaxy.


In the same way a single second occurs.




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