Comment on Typing monkey would be unable to produce 'Hamlet' within the lifetime of the universe, study finds

• scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  How are they defining the end of the universe?

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  • BennyInc@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Probably very shortly after dinner has been served at that restaurant.

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    • 0x0@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think that was just a galaxy, not the whole universe.

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      • lemonmelon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You mean the Restaurant at the End of the Universe?

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      • fuzzyleonardo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        But what does the Lord think about this?

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  • Klear@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The universe is believed to end just a few nanoseconds before a monkey finishes writing Hamlet.

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  • HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Heat death would be my assumption, so between about 10^100 and 10^106 years

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  • ogmios@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    We know such an infinitesimally small amount about what is actually happening in the universe that any claims to be capable of predicting it’s end are patently absurd.

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• Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s not bold, we’ve known how long the universe will last for decades now.

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