Zeno's Paradoxes were several apparently contradictory logic puzzles posed by the Human philosopher Zeno on ancient Earth.
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In 1999, a time traveling Spock and Q shook hands, but the contact inadvertently swapped their personalities and left them on an asteroid hurtling toward Earth. When Q questioned their location and acceleration, Spock replied by citing Zeno's arrow paradox, that at any particular point in time, a flying arrow was not moving. (ST audiobook: Spock vs. Q: The Sequel)
In November 2279, James T. Kirk told Spock that he'd never face a midlife crisis. Invoking Zeno's Paradox, if he never declared that he was at the midpoint of his life, then it also would never have a definitive end. (TOS - Mere Anarchy eBook: The Darkness Drops Again)
In 2375, when Lady Q seemed near death, Q comforted her, though he described himself from the point of view of Zeno's Paradox, being infinitely far away and never being able to reach her. (TNG novel: I, Q)
In 2376, Mackenzie Calhoun experienced trying to cross a short distance, but it feeling infinitely distant and impassable, recalling Zeno's Paradox. (NF - Gateways novel: Cold Wars)
In 2423, the hologram Vic Fontaine discussed with Jake Sisko the limits of the Bashir 62 holographic program, that he could not experience events after 1962. Fontaine said the author of his program, Felix Knightly, described the condition as "post-1962 Zeno's Paradox". (STO novel: The Needs of the Many)
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- Zeno's paradoxes article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.