RE: The Philosopher & The Engineer
November 10, 2016 at 2:03 pm
(This post was last modified: November 10, 2016 at 2:04 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
Nah, they're approaching her asymptotically, which is a specific way of moving based on mathematical principles (hence the mention of Zeno of Eleca's Dichotomy Paradox)... I just don't see why the engineer doesn't want to come into contact with the woman even if he could. I thought his answer would be "Why WOULDN'T I want to approach HER?" rather than "Why would I want to approach THAT?", so I don't get it. Unless he is referring to the problem, IOW, unless he means "Why would I want to approach the problem rather than approach the lady? Stop the mental masturbation and just approach her already!"?
