Paris, Oct 31, 2024 (AFP) - Not enough time in universe for monkeys to pen Shakespeare: study

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2024-10-31

If a monkey types randomly at a keyboard for long enough, it will eventually write the complete works of Shakespeare. This thought experiment has long been used to express how an infinite amount of time makes something that is incredibly unlikely -- but still technically possible -- become probable. But two Australian mathematicians have deemed the old adage misleading, working out that even if all the chimpanzees in the world were given the enti......

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