Sisyphus and the Infinite Hotel

Sisyphus is rolling a boulder towards the Grand Hilbert Hotel. The hotel has an infinite number of rooms, but they are all full, so they may not be able to accommodate him or his boulder. If you choose to divert him, his boulder will destroy the Ship of Theseus. But the ship has had all of its constituent parts replaced, so it may not actually be the same ship. Is Sisyphus happy?

The diagram shows Sisyphus pushing a boulder toward the Grand Hilbert Hotel, with paths that could divert him toward the Ship of Theseus. The joke combines three philosophical thought experiments into an absurd decision problem: the hotel may be unable to house him despite having infinitely many rooms, the ship may not be the same ship after every part is replaced, and Sisyphus’s happiness remains uncertain. It is shared as a reaction to complicated, over-intellectualized dilemmas. EN: The diagram shows Sisyphus pushing a boulder toward the Grand Hilbert Hotel, with paths that could divert him toward the Ship of Theseus. The joke combines three philosophical thought experiments into an absurd decision problem: the hotel may be unable to house him despite having infinitely many rooms, the ship may not be the same ship after every part is replaced, and Sisyphus’s happiness remains uncertain. It is shared as a reaction to complicated, over-intellectualized dilemmas.

• @beobanka / 19853 2022-10-02