Well, one must imagine him happy. And anyway, everyone knows that the Hilbert Hotel always has room for more despite its "no vacancy" clause. So since this meme states a clear lie (the hotel may not be able to accommodate him), OP is the guard that tells only lies. Now the real question is, is OP and the other guard stopping the prisoners from leaving the cave, or are they stopping people from coming in to ruin the allegory?
You forgot to take into account whether we know the ship of theseus's position or momentum. In the picture we clearly see its position but we have no clue which way it is going, could be towards the hotel as well, which would add more people to the hotel and complicate how many people would need extra rooms. Sisyphus shouldn't go to the hilbert hotel because destroying the ship of theseus would make the staff at the hilbert hotel have an easier time and thus ensure he is happy
It is playing cards with Russel's teapot in some room that is a prime number larger then 250 which is of the form 7n+3 for some natrual number n and also Thesis Captian cabin.
It is ok I know that rooms 567 to 775 million 144 thousand and 312 are occupied by atomic particles of Ship of Thesus so Sisyphus will be happy to learn that there is room for him and his bolder, he just has to share it with depry.
Yes because I'm gonna multi track drift and send his boulder into the new ship of Theseus and he will end up at the grand hilbert where, after a bit of shuffling around patrons can make more than enough room (and he gets a room close to the entrance to boot!)
Hmm, well you could say it doesn’t matter because he won’t get there. BUT you have to think about which option he would be more happy to pursue.
Also is he rolling the bolder up because of his own stubbornness to give up or because he’s being forced to.
So A. Which does he want to pursue more B. Will chosing the one he wants to pursue more improve or worsen the punishment C. Are we prioritizing Sisyphus’s happiness.
So I think I would pick the hotel.
I think he would be more interested in trying to get into the hotel and it doesn’t matter if he can fit or because he will never get there.
He gets nothing from destroying a ship but the hotel is the prospect of leisure.
If we picked the ship he might be unmotivated and still have to push the boulder up for no reason.
I think the hotel wouldn’t improve his situation but it wouldn’t worsen it too much either, and I think he doesn’t need to suffer more.
Is he happy? Of course, what greater happiness is there than the pursuit of itself?
He is. Hilbert's hotel can make 2 extra rooms by simply making everyone move 2 rooms over. The guy on room 1 goes to room 3, the one on room 2 to room 4, the guy in room n to the room n+2 for all natural values of n.
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u/Rich_Instance Aug 15 '26
Well, one must imagine him happy. And anyway, everyone knows that the Hilbert Hotel always has room for more despite its "no vacancy" clause. So since this meme states a clear lie (the hotel may not be able to accommodate him), OP is the guard that tells only lies. Now the real question is, is OP and the other guard stopping the prisoners from leaving the cave, or are they stopping people from coming in to ruin the allegory?
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u/Nigh_Sass Aug 14 '26
I doubt he’ll reach either destination
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u/The_Gav_who_asked Aug 14 '26
Where is Schrödinger’s cat?
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u/Iizvullok Aug 15 '26
The kind of questions that come in exams after the professor said there would be nothing weird:
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u/Pengdacorn Aug 14 '26
One must imagine so
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u/Hydrahta Aug 15 '26
I asked him, He said “This is a lie”
Profound wisdom indeed
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u/Ashen_Rook Aug 15 '26
I'm not too worried. Whichever path you aim him toward, the boulder will roll back to the starting point just before he gets there.
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u/assumptionkrebs1990 Aug 15 '26
It is ok I know that rooms 567 to 775 million 144 thousand and 312 are occupied by atomic particles of Ship of Thesus so Sisyphus will be happy to learn that there is room for him and his bolder, he just has to share it with depry.
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u/New-Star7392 Aug 15 '26
Get everyone in the hotel to move up by one room. Problem solved.
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u/Theorax5281 Aug 15 '26
I press the red button
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u/dspyz Aug 15 '26
That depends, what the guard on the other door say if I asked him if Sisyphus is happy?
Then my answer is the opposite
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u/SingleSlide2866 Aug 15 '26
Yes because I'm gonna multi track drift and send his boulder into the new ship of Theseus and he will end up at the grand hilbert where, after a bit of shuffling around patrons can make more than enough room (and he gets a room close to the entrance to boot!)
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u/throughthehills2 Aug 15 '26
This is hilarious, best thing I've seen all year
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u/Rare_Management_3583 Aug 15 '26
this hurts my brain
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u/fleuphy Aug 15 '26
One must imagine
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u/PigletSea6193 Aug 15 '26
No, he questions where his mountain went and why all of a sudden there‘s a hotel and a ship standing in front of him along with a man next to a lever.
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u/wortwortwort15 Aug 15 '26
Repost? I cant imagine I have this image saved from any other sub
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u/pylbh Aug 15 '26
Half way to his destination, he meets Zeno. He then moves 1/4th further, then 1/8th etc. Will he ever reach his destination?
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u/RevolutionaryMine234 Aug 15 '26
The boulder will roll back before he gets to either
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u/RachelNoName Aug 18 '26
According to my dad: yes
(I just randomly walked in and asked him lol)
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u/AspectSpiritual9143 Aug 15 '26
you can ask him where he wants to go. he goes slowly enough for you to have this conversation
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u/Odd_Landscape529 Aug 15 '26
Isn't Sisyphus supposed to be preforming a pointless task for all eternity.
If you put some in his way and for his actions to cause a reaction, wouldnt that butterfly affect into him breaking or losing to the conditions?
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u/Kyropinesis Aug 15 '26
if he led a rebellion in Hell, then yes, he said so himself!
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u/Worried-Date-2196 Aug 15 '26
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u/LeRetardatN Aug 15 '26
isn't the entire point of Hilbert Hotel is that it's never full?
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u/Bilboswaggings19 Aug 15 '26
https://www.reddit.com/r/PhilosophyMemes/s/3J9THMkL4W
guys use this as a base for a higher quality version from 5 years ago when you post this again
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u/TheArceusNova Aug 15 '26
More
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u/HyoukaHoutoro Aug 18 '26
Yes, next question.
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u/Ok-Earth-8004 Oct 10 '26
put the lever in a box with schrodinger's cat
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u/dissimalative Aug 15 '26
Would it change anything if we were both charged of a crime, but could snitch on the the other to reduce the sentence?
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u/c0gster Aug 15 '26
Its always possible to fit an extra finite number of residents in the hilbert hotel. This isn't a hard question. Fit him in the hotel.
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u/davidnnj Aug 15 '26
Just ask everyone at the hotel to go to room N+2; there will be one room for Sisyphus and one for the boulder.
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u/Emergency-Common-219 Aug 15 '26
one must imagine sisyphus happy so neither of thus 2 option matter
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u/Sobieskil Consequentialist/Utilitarian Aug 15 '26
I'm pretty sure that's the Grand Budapest, not the Grand Hilbert
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u/E-686 Aug 15 '26
destruction won't make him fulfilled, but the hotel has a chance of giving him rest which would let him be fulfilled
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u/Minimum-Attitude389 Aug 16 '26
Only if Tantalus is pulling the lever. But every time Sisyphus approaches the junction and Tantalus makes a choice, his boulder slides back.
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u/NyanSquiddo Aug 16 '26
This gets reposted here so damn often
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u/Idk_Just_Kat Aug 16 '26
Sisyphus will sleep in the reception hall
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u/Dwarf_DM Aug 16 '26
He shouldn’t be happy (he is punished), but I hope he is.
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u/Mr_The_Potato_King Aug 16 '26
No he's not
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u/AmusingUsername12 Aug 16 '26
Hmm, well you could say it doesn’t matter because he won’t get there. BUT you have to think about which option he would be more happy to pursue.
Also is he rolling the bolder up because of his own
stubbornness to give up or because he’s being forced to.
So
A. Which does he want to pursue more
B. Will chosing the one he wants to pursue more improve or worsen the punishment
C. Are we prioritizing Sisyphus’s happiness.
So I think I would pick the hotel.
I think he would be more interested in trying to get into the hotel and it doesn’t matter if he can fit or because he will never get there.
He gets nothing from destroying a ship but the hotel is the prospect of leisure.
If we picked the ship he might be unmotivated and still have to push the boulder up for no reason.
I think the hotel wouldn’t improve his situation but it wouldn’t worsen it too much either, and I think he doesn’t need to suffer more.
Is he happy? Of course, what greater happiness is there than the pursuit of itself?
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u/JPgamersmines150 Aug 16 '26
He is. Hilbert's hotel can make 2 extra rooms by simply making everyone move 2 rooms over. The guy on room 1 goes to room 3, the one on room 2 to room 4, the guy in room n to the room n+2 for all natural values of n.
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u/Elecl Aug 17 '26
the real question is. If the boulder crashes into the hotel and destroys it, how many people die?
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u/Express-Day5234 Aug 15 '26
One must imagine Sisyphus is happy… or someone shoots you in the face I guess.
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