Comment on Typing monkey would be unable to produce 'Hamlet' within the lifetime of the universe, study finds
Cryophilia@lemmy.world 10 months agoDoesn’t matter in the real infinite monkeys thought experiment. The chance of an infinite number of monkeys at an infinite number of typewriters producing Shakespeare is 100%. That’s how infinity works.
maxenmajs@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Sure, but this time I thought these things might matter because the article gives a deadline - the heat death.
Cryophilia@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This article fundamentally misunderstands the entire thought experiment by using finite monkeys. With infinite monkeys, we’d have the script as quickly as it is physically possible to type the script.