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Chimpanzees Could Never Randomly Type the Complete Works of Shakespeare, Study Finds
While testing the "infinite monkey theorem," mathematicians found that the odds of a chimpanzee typing even a short phrase ...
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Those typing monkeys will never produce Shakespeare’s works, mathematicians say
Monkeys will not be able to type the complete works of William Shakespeare, or even a short book, before the death of the ...
Monkey Shakespeare theory is wrong – chimps can’t write out bard’s full works
Study finds time keyboard monkeys would take to type dramatist’s plays, sonnets and poems would be longer than universe’s ...
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Infinite Monkey Theorem: If a monkey typed for infinity, could it recreate a Shakespeare play?
The Infinite Monkey Theorem imagines random typing creating complex works. By adding real-world limits, scientists show it’s improbable.
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Could a monkey write Shakespeare before the universe dies? New research questions old theorem
The Infinite Monkey Theorem hypothesizes that, given a typewriter and an infinite amount of time, a monkey could in theory ...
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Little Rock Zoo announces birth of new monkey baby
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Little Rock Zoo announced a new addition to their Angolan Colobus troop on Saturday. According to a ...
Could a monkey randomly type out Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ over time? Mathematicians say they have the answer
The research, helmed by mathematicians Professor Stephen Woodcock and Jay Falletta from the University of Technology Sydney, ...
1 monkey recovered safely, 42 others remain on the run from South Carolina lab
Just one of the more than 40 monkeys that escaped a research facility in Beaufort County earlier this week has been captured ...
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Monkey Shakespeare theory is wrong – chimps can’t write out bard’s full works
Monkeys would never be able to write the entire works of Shakespeare, even if given all the time in the world, a study has found. The adage, known as the infinite monkey theorem, suggests that if ...
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Mathematicians Find Shakespeare Infinite Monkey Theorem is 'Misleading'
"Non-trivial text generation during the lifespan of our universe is almost certainly impossible," the researchers said.
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Those typing monkeys will never produce Shakespeare’s works, mathematicians say
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