A new study reveals it would take far longer than the lifespan of our universe for a typing monkey to randomly produce Shakespeare. So, while the Infinite Monkey Theorem is true, it is also somewhat misleading.

The question that everyone has been dying to know has been answered. Finally! What will scientists study next?

  • Lvxferre@mander.xyzEnglish
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    13 days ago

    I think the point is less about any kind of route to Hamlet, and more about the absurdity of infinite tries in a finite space(time).

    I know. It’s just that creationists misuse that metaphor so often that I couldn’t help but share my brainfart here.