Veraven@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 2 days agoThe Infinite Hotelsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1461arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1455arrow-down1imageThe Infinite Hotelsh.itjust.worksVeraven@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square49fedilinkfile-text
TED-Ed - The Infinite Hotel Paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert's_paradox_of_the_Grand_Hotel
minus-squarelugal@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 days agoThis isn’t even unexpected. Once a person unwilling to change room is in first position, they stay there and considering that those people exist, this will happen eventually in the Infinite Hotel
minus-squareyobasari@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 day agoBut couldn’t you just skip the room if that happens? Eventually somebody will be willing to change rooms.
minus-squarelugal@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoUntil the second room is also occupied by someone like this. And the third and the fourth… It’s just a question of time
minus-squareѕєχυαℓ ρσℓутσρє@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoYeah, as long as there’s an infinite number of people willing to move, it’ll work.
This isn’t even unexpected. Once a person unwilling to change room is in first position, they stay there and considering that those people exist, this will happen eventually in the Infinite Hotel
But couldn’t you just skip the room if that happens? Eventually somebody will be willing to change rooms.
Until the second room is also occupied by someone like this. And the third and the fourth… It’s just a question of time
Yeah, as long as there’s an infinite number of people willing to move, it’ll work.