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?

  • @CryophiliaEnglish
    1•23 days ago

    The probability of lots of things is zero. The probability of a monkey typing a Chinese character on an English keyboard is zero.

    Similar idea: there are an infinite amount of numbers between zero and one, but none of those numbers is two.