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[-] jalda@sopuli.xyz 38 points 1 year ago

That is not Sisyphus, it is Sisyphus' shadow on the wall of the cavern

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

It's actually Sisyphus' Monster.

[-] delitomatoes@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

It was Dr Sisyphus who was the monster

[-] LucyLastic@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Damn your comment made me giggle!

[-] Andonno@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

Hilbert's Grand Hotel can absolutely hold Sysiphus and his boulder, just move everyone two rooms up.

Theseus' ship is only paradoxical on the faulty premise that the ship existed in the first place.

[-] Uriel238@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Hilbert's Grand Hotel can manage an infinite number of boulders, each containing an infinite number of Sisyphuses (Sisyphi? Sisyphes? Sisyphodes?) by designating each boulder a prime number and each Sisyphus a counting number, and multiplying the two to get their room number.

This leaves some rooms open for additional guests, which may get management angry about underutilized rooms. There are other configurations that pack everyone in more tightly.

[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago

His happiness depends on whether or not a radioactive substance in a box has decayed, which has a 50% chance. But since it has not been observed, he is in a superposition of happy and unhappy.

[-] TheSpookiestUser@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Personally I'd love to be the subject of a philosophical problem so I'd say he's probably pretty stoked

[-] WolfyGamer29@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago
[-] forrgott@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Oh, c'mon, obviously the answer is 42.

[-] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I'm gonna need more weed, please.

[-] Monologue@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago

"the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything is… 42!"

there is no reason to assume this is not relevant for this case too

[-] flop@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

I'd imagine so

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