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Typing monkey would be unable to produce 'Hamlet' within the lifetime of the universe, study finds(phys.org)

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The question that everyone has been dying to know has been answered. Finally! What will scientists study next?

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Doesn’t matter in the real infinite monkeys thought experiment. The chance of an infinite number of monkeys at an infinite number of typewriters producing Shakespeare is 100%. That’s how infinity works.

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Sure, but this time I thought these things might matter because the article gives a deadline - the end of the universe.

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This article fundamentally misunderstands the entire thought experiment by using finite monkeys. With infinite monkeys, we’d have the script as quickly as it is physically possible to type the script.

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