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. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
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Romero, G. E. (2014). The Collapse of Supertasks. Foundations of Science, 19(2), 209–216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-013-9338-7
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