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Can Monkeys Type Out Hamlet? Scientists Put the Infinite Monkey Theorem to the Test (And It’s Pretty Funny)

In 1854, the Irish mathematician George Boole mused that probability was “expectation founded upon partial knowledge.” His ...
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Those typing monkeys will never produce Shakespeare’s works, mathematicians say

Talented though they may be, monkeys will never type out the complete works of William Shakespeare, or even a short book, a new study suggests. The Infinite Monkey Theorem is a famous thought ...
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Universe would end before monkey with keyboard learns to type Shakespeare

An old adage says that a monkey randomly clicking away at the keyboard would eventually type the complete works of William ...
BBC

Monkeys will never type Shakespeare, study finds

Two Australian mathematicians have called into question an old adage, that if given an infinite amount of time, a monkey pressing keys on a typewriter would eventually write the complete works of ...
Daily Mail

Monkeys WOULDN'T type the complete works of Shakespeare if given until the end of time: Scientists reveal the reason why (although they might type 'banana')

Fresh doubt has been cast over the famous scientific proverb that if given an infinite amount of time, monkeys could type the complete works of Shakespeare. Utilised for decades as the exemplar in ...
New York Post

Could a monkey randomly type out Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ over time? Mathematicians say they have the answer

Australian scientists have tested an old adage claiming that a monkey could eventually write Shakespeare if given unlimited time. Getty Images It’s a midsummer’s pipe dream. Chimpanzees might be ...
CNN

Those typing monkeys will never produce Shakespeare’s works, mathematicians say

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