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?

  • @mlgEnglish
    11•2 hours ago

    That’s because they only considered one monkey.

    You need a thousand monkeys working at a thousand typewriters.

    • KabakaEnglish
      1•2 hours ago

      They did not limit themselves to one monkey. From the article:

      As well as a single monkey, they also did the calculations using the current global population of around 200,000 chimpanzees.