This is a weird question that I wasn't sure where to ask. Say I have two points A and B. I roll a ball from A to B. Between A and B there are an infinite number of points right? Wouldn't it take an infinite amount of time to move across an infinite number of points? Why does it then only take a finite amount of time for the ball to get to B?
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``Wouldn't it take an infinite amount of time to move across an infinite number of points"
This is incorrect. The correct statement closest to yours is ``it takes an infinite amount of time to move across an infinite distance". Infinite number of points does not necessarily mean infinite distance.
In fact, to see whether a distance is infinite or not, you simply cannot use the count of the points it contains. You cannot measure the size of an 1D object (i.e. a distance) using the count of 0D objects (i.e. points), much like you cannot measure a weight using a ruler.
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