So, I just watched a video by Vsauce: https://youtu.be/ffUnNaQTfZE
If has to do with producing something infinite from something finite.
An example is Gabriel's Cake, where you cut a cake in half, take one of those halves and cut that in half, then continue that pattern forever.
If the cake is three pounds, it will stay that weight no matter how many times you slice it. However, the surface area of the cake would then be infinite and you would need infinite frosting to cover this 3lb cake.
Sounds like it would be right up a certain angel's alley...
More interesting, if you take a set distance or time and kept halving the length or time-spent of an action, you could have something like:
A one minute sprint where every step is half the length of the last. By the finish line, the runner would have taken an infinite number of steps while still finishing.
Now, lets say the Omni Kings take turns switching switching hands for literally one minute just for a gag.
It takes Zeno A 30 seconds to notice Zeno B's hand and switch to conform, at the start.
Zeno B takes 15 second to notice this and switch his hand to feel like his own person.
Zeno A looks over and switches again, but this tine it takes 7.5 seconds
This goes back and forth until one minute passes and the Grand Priest gets them to stop.
The funny thing is, because the switch started halfway to one minute and the time to switch is halved with every turn, there is always another point halfway point between the last turn and the minutes end. With this pattern, unlimited switches would take place within the limited time frame.
And it is impossible to guess if the hands comform or differ in position at the end of the minute, by this account alone. Even though the task had an end, the number of turns did none. There was (philosophically, no accounting for power scaling) always a window of time to squeeze in another turn, no matter how slim.
The philosopher credited with this thought exercise was Zeno of Elia.
While calling this reaching would be an understatement, it would be the most brilliant pun in Dragon Ball history if some major themes of Super came from supertasks.
After all isn't infinity from the finite the height of limit-breaking?
What if Zeno is an obscure pun on supertasks?
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What if Zeno is an obscure pun on supertasks?
That which is, is bound to be
That which is not, may never be
In this sense, no things are free
Wether they may or may not be
That which is not, may never be
In this sense, no things are free
Wether they may or may not be
Re: What if Zeno is an obscure pun on supertasks?
I guess it would be cool (if you say so), but Zenoh is not a pun. Zen means all or everything and oh means king or lord. It’s a title but treated as a name like Kami-sama, Kaioh, and Kaiohshin are.