I don’t think so, because if you had infinite monkeys an infinite number of them would get it on the first try.
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Cryophilia@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoThe whole point of the thought experiment is that you have infinite monkeys.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Cryophilia@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Exactly. That’s the point.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I don’t think it works honestly. You’d need a monkey with a lasting and dutiful commitment to true randomness to ever get anything but a finite number of button mashing variations. Monkeys like that don’t come cheaply.
Cryophilia@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Within that finite set, one combination is the complete text of Hamlet.
Zorque@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So… three monkeys?
tb_@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
At least