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Hilbert's Hotel

January 10, 2017

One stick figure smugly explains how he got a room at the fully booked Hilbert's Hotel: he convinced them to shift everyone over.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-01-10-hilbert-s-hotel/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

A: "I got us a weekend at Hilbert's Hotel."

B: "But how?! I thought they were booked totally solid!"

A: "I convinced them to move a few things around."

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