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Clearly not infinite monkeys or infinite time. If either were truly infinite not only would this be possible, it would be mandatory and would occur infinite ti
by unyttigfjelltol 2y ago
Clearly not infinite monkeys or infinite time.
If either were truly infinite not only would this be possible, it would be mandatory and would occur infinite times.
- prophesi 2y agoSounds to me that the more interesting question would be graphing out the relationship of time and the amount of monkeys needed for one to write Shakespeare.
- hanche 2y agoThat's done in the paper. Using a log(log) scale for time, measured in number of heat deaths of the universe. It's the most amusing part of the study.
- prophesi 2y agoAwesome! I really should have checked the paper and skipped the article entirely. The figure in question: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773186324001014#fig0001 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S277318632...
- chasd00 2y agoKind of embarrassing to even be in this thread spending time here but would it not also be probable, however unlikely, to never get the full works of Shakespeare?
- ImPostingOnHN 2y agoWith fixed tries/time, or without true randomness, yes. With infinite tries/time and true randomness, no.