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Joel Kontinen
The infinite
monkey theorem states that illiterate primates could write great literature
with enough time, but the amount of time needed is much longer than the
lifespan of the universe.
Why can’t chimps write a book, for example the works of Shakespeare?
Well, they don’t have
the skills to do it, they haven’t been given the intelligent design for it, say
time needed is much longer than the lifespan of the universe.
If every
chimpanzee on Earth were given a typewriter, they wouldn’t reproduce the works
of William Shakespeare even if they kept on typing until the heat death of the
universe, researchers have calculated.
The so-called
infinite monkey theorem states that if you had an infinite number of
primates, or one primate had infinite time, they would almost certainly type
out any given text an infinite number of times.
Source:
James Woodford 2024
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