How An Infinite Hotel Ran Out Of Room

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Published 2021-05-10
If there's a hotel with infinite rooms, could it ever be completely full? Could you run out of space to put everyone? The surprising answer is yes -- this is important to know if you're the manager of the Hilbert Hotel.

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References: Ewald, W., & Sieg, W. (2013). David Hilbert's Lectures on the Foundations of Arithmetic and Logic 1917-1933. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. -- ve42.co/Ewald2013

Gamow, G. (1988). One, two, three--infinity: facts and speculations of science. Courier Corporation. -- ve42.co/Gamow1947

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Animation by JD Pounds and Jonny Hyman
Thumbnail by Ivy Tello
Music by Jonny Hyman and from Epidemic Sound and E's Jammy Jams (Hotel Lavish - Radio Nights, Steps in Time - Golden Age Radio, What Now - Golden Age Radio, Book Bag - E's Jammy Jams, Arabian Sand - E's Jammy Jams, Firefly in a Fairytale - Gareth Coker)
Written By Derek Muller and Alex Kontorovich
Sound Design by Jonny Hyman

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All Comments (21)
  • @ibizenco
    Hotel manager: "You want a room, sir? No problem. The last room at the end of the hall is still free. Just follow the hall and you'll get there. Eventually."
  • @Waterwolf221
    Imagine disturbing an infinite amount of clients just to fit one more person in the hotel
  • @LuioTap
    "Hey,you need to move to the room 748374896246326423874,and the elevator is broken,sorry for it" "....."
  • @jellllllly
    I like how he explained it in such an understandable way to shield my brain from realizing I actually understood nothing.
  • @Idek294
    Dude, the people staying in that hotel must be pissed having to move so much.
  • @somebody9651
    Imagine spending the whole holiday just to reach to your room in an infinite hotel
  • @user-oe1ox8eg3p
    "Do you know my friend?" "Who?" "Abababababababababababababababababababababababa...."
  • @fonsie19
    Youtube bugged and I watched this with no audio and it was such a mood, I recommend
  • "All right, everyone, move to the room number that's twice your current room number." Guy at Room One Billion: "Ugh, fine..."
  • @thatdude2492
    “An infinite number of infinite busses.” - “Dear god.” “But now a big bus pulls up” - “No.”
  • "Hey honey how was work?" "Rough day. An infinite number of infinite buses showed up."
  • @user-rr3ce3ls2o
    I booked 1 night in the Hilbert Hotel and it was horrible! It was 10pm at night when I arrived and the receptionist asked me to move to room 13739 and the elevator is still broken as many comments mentioned here, plus a 30003 seater bus pulled up and the receptionist asked me to shift to room 43742 and I had no time to collect my stuff I brought to the hotel with me. The other guy who took my original room who was on the bus also took my stuff, INCLUDING my laptop. Even when I was sleeping, I was asked to SHIFT to double of my room number and was like "F********** this" and completely checked out at 1 in the morning instead of 12 noon which I promised to the receptionist. Bad hotel, don't go here. Would give 0 stars if there was even an option.
  • @neku-fn8dq
    Dont you hate it when you're working as hotel manager and then infinite amount of busses full of infinite people decided to use your hotel
  • Imagine being so unlucky that you don't even get a room in an infinite hotel.
  • You think THAT'S bad? Let's assume 1% of the population is disagreeable. That means an infinite number of customers will refuse to leave their room and move to another one.
  • @IriaChannel
    This hotel's manager needs an infinite raise
  • @alanhulseii9093
    Imagine just unpacking and being told to move 100 rooms down
  • @ismailsahin3232
    The logic of the last example is how they proved there are more decimal numbers between 0 and 1 than there are integers from 0 to infinity
  • @SwapravaNath
    This is the best explanation of countable vs uncountable I have heard so far.