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Iām impressed the little guys were able to hold the shift key and press another key to get the symbols yet alone pressing a key and then another that is on the other side of the keyboard. Check out the ferretās work before commiting to another one though.
Actually, the thought experiment requires an infinite amount of monkeys, and the point is that with an unlimited amount of time and inputs, everything that is possible will happen. Think: Borgesā story āThe Tower of Babel.ā (I have also written a variation of this idea, where English experts donāt know what to make of the fact that a million monkeys produce a work by Kafka rather than Shakespeare.)
This is as far as you could possibly get in the real world in real space-time: āTo be or not to be; that is the question. Whether ātis nobler in the mind to sufferā¦ā
In other words, the whole monkeys-typing-Shakespeare hypothesis is absurd because it is impossible. It would never, ever happen. The universe hasnāt been around forever and it wonāt last forever either.
Score one for special creation by an intelligent designer.
ladywolf17 about 15 years ago
Maybe a little bit more motivation will do it.
dmarkowski about 15 years ago
Iām impressed the little guys were able to hold the shift key and press another key to get the symbols yet alone pressing a key and then another that is on the other side of the keyboard. Check out the ferretās work before commiting to another one though.
Plods with ...ā¢ about 15 years ago
It looks like some of the text messages Iāve gotten. Somebody find a teenager to tell us what it says.
COWBOY7 about 15 years ago
Definitely sounds like hamster talk to meā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦..
aardvarkseyes about 15 years ago
Actually, the thought experiment requires an infinite amount of monkeys, and the point is that with an unlimited amount of time and inputs, everything that is possible will happen. Think: Borgesā story āThe Tower of Babel.ā (I have also written a variation of this idea, where English experts donāt know what to make of the fact that a million monkeys produce a work by Kafka rather than Shakespeare.)
Rakkav about 15 years ago
This is as far as you could possibly get in the real world in real space-time: āTo be or not to be; that is the question. Whether ātis nobler in the mind to sufferā¦ā
In other words, the whole monkeys-typing-Shakespeare hypothesis is absurd because it is impossible. It would never, ever happen. The universe hasnāt been around forever and it wonāt last forever either.
Score one for special creation by an intelligent designer.