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vistencluse 37 points 3 years ago

trick question, the hotel is infinite, so you can move guest 1 to room 2, guest 2 to room 3 and so on and have room 1 leftover for Sisyphus and his boulder, therefore he is indeed happy

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Shard 13 points 3 years ago

Not entirely true.

There are conditions where an infinite hotel can "run out" of rooms. Veritasium has a great video on this. Here's the link because there's no earthly way a dumbass like me can explain it intelligibly with just words.

https://youtu.be/OxGsU8oIWjY?t=194

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gratux 20 points 3 years ago

This would be the case if we tried to fit an uncountable infinity into the hotel. But there is only one Sisyphos and one boulder, so we can use the above trick

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brad 21 points 3 years ago

God damn this is a powerhouse of a meme

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hglman 17 points 3 years ago

What is the mitochondria?

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brad 7 points 3 years ago

Cat holding a 10 out of 10 sign

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vaseltarp 17 points 3 years ago

Sisyphus is happy. Instead of rolling that boring stone he can now go from room to room in the hotel and ask the guests to move on room.

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Froyn 12 points 3 years ago

This is a riddle of either a very good or very bad DM.

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dona1dquixote 11 points 3 years ago

I'm not familiar with the Grand Hilbert Hotel. What is this a reference to?

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crystenn 22 points 3 years ago

iirc correctly it's a thought experiment where you have a hotel with an infinite number of rooms, full with an infinite number of guests. a bus comes along with an infinite number of guests, can the hotel accommodate them? the answer is always yes and simply depends on how you move the current guests around in the hotel. it gets pretty convoluted so check out the link for more info bc god knows i wouldn't be able to relay it accurately

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/...

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glorious_albus 11 points 3 years ago

iirc correctly

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crystenn 5 points 3 years ago

rip in peace (brain fart moment lmao)

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whileloop 11 points 3 years ago

That's exactly right. Technically, the meme is incorrect though because the hotel can accommodate Sisyphus by simply asking everyone to move to the next room. The person in room x moves to room x+1.

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MothBookkeeper 12 points 3 years ago

It said "may not," not "can not." The hotel may choose not to move everyone to a new room.

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whileloop 8 points 3 years ago

You make a good point. Asking all guests to move in order to make room for one guy and a big rock seems a bit unreasonable.

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Shard 4 points 3 years ago

The answer isn't always a yes.

There are conditions where the Hilbert hotel can "run out" of rooms.

Veritasium has a great video on this

https://youtu.be/OxGsU8oIWjY?t=194

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roon 1 point 3 years ago

Wasn't there a vsauce video about this?

Edit: https://youtu.be/s86-Z-CbaHA?t=6m47s

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Kor 10 points 3 years ago

Sisyphos is an educated man as he is son of Aiolos and king of Corinth. So long as he accepts that there is nothing more to life than his absurd struggle, then he can find happiness in it, says Camus. He may be the ideal absurd hero, as his punishment is representative of the human condition: Sisyphus must struggle perpetually and without hope of success.

I think he happy no matter where he ends up :)

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raspberry_confetti 2 points 3 years ago

...no matter where he ends up :)

Stuck in middle management

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PatFussy 8 points 3 years ago

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Holzkohlen 6 points 3 years ago

The answer lies within the chinese room, surely.

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dudinax 2 points 3 years ago

Hell yeah wouldn't you be?

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nomoreheadphonejac 2 points 3 years ago

I was pondering this longer than i should

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