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  • You can define the start of an infinite series, just not the end. (Except as ∞ or -∞). You could also have an infinite set that extends both ways.

    0 to ∞ contains an infinite amount of numbers. But so does 11 to ∞.

    More filled rooms do not “appear”, the rooms just go on without end. These is no “last” guest who moves into some previously unoccupied room. It’s just… endless. Infinite.

    It really only makes sense in abstract. Our minds aren’t built to deal with infinity.



  • Infinite hotel has infinity guests. You have all the guests move down 10 rooms. Rooms 1-10 are now free. Zero to Infinity and 11 to infinity are equally infinity, since numbers extend into infinity.

    In the same manner if you have one set of infinite guests occupy all the even numbered rooms, you will still have an infinite number of rooms open, because the set of all odd (and even) numbers extends infinitely. You could have the first set of infinite guests take each hundredth room (100, 200, 300, etc), then the next set take 99, 199, 299, etc. in that way you could fit 100 sets of infinite guests.

    It just illustrates that infinity is not an easily intuitable concept.





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    21 days ago

    I mean, maybe it’s not out of the question that the dog could still be around. Most dogs get neutered young too. 16-18 years old is definitely an old dog but not unheard of for a small breed. Jack Russells are no slouch for longevity.

    But yeah almost certainly they are gone

    This however is completely ignoring the fact that the dog was photoshopped in and could be from really any time