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

• Ookami38@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Ol Bill Shakespeare. He wrote Hamlet, one correct letter at a time.

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• Klear@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Humans are apes, apes are monkeys, paraphyletic groups are bullshit.

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  • Ookami38@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    To be entirely fair, apes aren’t monkeys. I don’t think that particular distinction is really all that relevant to the discussion, but technically…

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    • Klear@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Traditionally, all animals in the group now known as simians are counted as monkeys except the apes. Thus monkeys, in that sense, constitute an incomplete paraphyletic grouping; however, in the broader sense based on cladistics, apes (Hominoidea) are also included, making the terms monkeys and simians synonyms in regard to their scope.

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      • Ookami38@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Oh neat. This is all taxonomy that is well beyond me. My defense of calling humans monkeys is that everyone does it, and that’s how language works. Glad to know I’m correct too, technically lol

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  • gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    isnt that a misconception? apes just share a common ancestor with us

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• HelixDab2@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Well. technically he was an ape rather than a monkey.

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  • Ookami38@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Technically true, I think it still fits for the layman.

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