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A comment on Achilles and the Tortoise – Solving Zeno’s Paradox with Quantum Physics.

Re:Achilles and the Tortoise – Solving Zeno’s Paradox with Q... by incremental on Thursday October 20, 2011 @04:56PM (#3136952)
Planck's constant is not the smallest unit of distance. It's not a unit of distance at all.

You're thinking of the Planck length. It is indeed proposed that the Planck length is the smallest meaningful length, but this is by no means proved.

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Re:Achilles and the Tortoise – Solving Zeno’s Paradox with Q... by CMartucci on Thursday October 20, 2011 @08:38PM (#3137779)
Ah, sorry, you're right, it's the Planck length.
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