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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 ...
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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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New Research Suggests It Would Take Longer Than The Lifespan Of Our Universe For A Typing Monkey To Produce The Works Of Shakespeare By Chance, Meaning The I…
If you give a monkey a typewriter and enough time, it should eventually be able to bang out the complete works of William ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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One Monkey Can’t Write Shakespeare In The Universe’s Lifetime, Better Get An Army
Based on 200,000 living chimpanzees and a lifespan of 30 years, and assuming the chimp population somehow remains stable ...
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Universe’s lifespan too short for monkeys to type out Shakespeare’s works, finds study
“We decided to look at the probability of a given string of letters being typed by a finite number of monkeys within a finite ...
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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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Can Monkeys Type Out Hamlet? Scientists Put the Infinite Monkey Theorem to the Test (And It’s Pretty Funny)
Turns out that monkeys (or chimps) can't randomly type Shakespeare's works even if they were given billions of years to try.
Scientists Throw Cold Water On ‘Infinite Monkey Theorem’ That Suggests Primates Could Randomly Write Shakespeare
Most people are likely familiar with the thought experiment that asserts an unlimited number of monkeys with an unlimited ...
Brush up on your insult swordfighting skills, someone is making an unofficial Monkey Island game
A new, unofficial entry in the Monkey Island saga is currently in development from indie studio BeanAdventureAgency. Designed ...
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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 ...