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Are we even sure that Sisyphus can make it to either location? Because in order to reach a destination he must first make it to the halfway point, right? But to make it there, he’s gotta make it to that point’s halfway point, but before he gets there he need to…

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He doesn’t actually have to make it there you just have to pull that lever with a force an omnipotent being would have trouble accomplishing

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Just make the lever longer.

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Dude

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Instead, let’s aim for double the end location. Then all he has to do is travel half that distance

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But he must first travel half the distance to that line, leaving us where we started.

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It depends on whether Sisyphus has learned calculus.

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I hear they only have pomegranates in hell. Neither calculus nor gravity for them!

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Dosen’t matters what you choose, given that for sisyphus to reach his destination first he have to reach half, then half of it, then half again and again making movement impossible.

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Ah, so the answer must be no.

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Stands up and walks away

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“Hołd my limes!” - said Sisyphus

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Why are these the passengers

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I think that is how I would be if on a ship.without a computer, going insane.

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… Millennial squats.

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Yes, because he’s finally rolling the boulder down a hill.

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it says “towards” so not necessarily downhill

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Not necessarily downhill, but the possibility of downhill is implied. Both of these locations would need to be infinitely high in order for the direction to be uphill.

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AFAIK “infinitely up” is more plausible than “infinitely down”, as in most systems you would eventually hit a center-of-mass when going down.

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He could be coming in from underground though

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