The Collapse of Supertasks

Foundations of Science 19 (2):209-216 (2014)
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Abstract

A supertask consists in the performance of an infinite number of actions in a finite time. I show that any attempt to carry out a supertask will produce a divergence of the curvature of spacetime, resulting in the formation of a black hole. I maintain that supertaks, contrarily to a popular view among philosophers, are physically impossible. Supertasks, literally, collapse under their own weight

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Gustavo E. Romero
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