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livbon@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Infinite Hotel Paradox

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Infinite Hotel Paradox

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livbon@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert's_paradox_of_the_Grand_Hotel

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    Ask all the guests in rooms >= 2 to move over one, then move into room 2.

    There is always a vacancy.

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      You will eventually reach a room with a worse situation than that one, and then your entire edifice falls apart again.

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    I once brought infinite* baggage to the infinite hotel. I was told to leave an infinite** amount of times, but I have an infinite** amount of time to wait in at the hotel lobby bar, drinking infinite** beers, until the infinite* taxi’s arrive.

    * = levels of infinity

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      In finite we trust.

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      Did you tip infinite?

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    If they just have the guests stay in even numbered rooms, then they’ll always have an infinite number of rooms free.

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      Are they free if you can’t put people in them?

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        Asking the real questions here.

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    I wonder if the world would be any different if Hilbert had never lived.

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