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Originally posted by Sticky
I thougth that this was the philosophy board but it looks as though I have stumbled in to someones physics lab.
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No, you're making the mistake of assuming that philosophy exists completely outside the realm of physics. What you asked had both philosophical and physical implications. Physics puts a limitation on the system you're talking about (human muscular/skeleltal system). I mean, taking your original post to the extreme, why can't you jump an infinite distance?
I think there's an interesting philosophical lesson in here though. People often talk about other, less tangible things the way you talked about jumping. "If I just keep improving a little at a time, there's no limit to what I can accomplish." The reality is that there might very well be a limit, even if we're not aware of its existence.
People error on both sides. Some don't attempt to go outside of limits that they believe to exist, when sometimes they don't. Others keep trying to exceed limits that do exist, but of which they're unaware. Both are sad, though I think the first is sadder.