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Hard to explain how devastating I find this. I'm going to simply choose not to believe it. At the very least I reckon they'd bang out a couple of Dan Browns.
BBC News'Infinite monkey theorem' challenged by Australian mathematiciansAustralian researchers have poked holes in an old thought-experiment known as the "infinite monkey theorem".
@TheBreadmonkey
The headline is misleading! The study simply shows that the "enough time" in "given enough time" is greater than the remaining lifespan of the universe. And there remains the probability, though small, that the monkeys could bang out the complete Shakespeare before the universe ends.
I'm with you. Let's take these statisticians down!
@TheBreadmonkey
In truth I'm jealous of the study. It's simple math you or I could have done, and it's a good candidate for an Ig Nobel Prize. Including the world population of chimps is the icing on the cake.