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Typing monkey would be unable to produce 'Hamlet' within the lifetime of the universe, study finds (phys.org)
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The question that everyone has been dying to know has been answered. Finally! What will scientists study next?

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[–] mlg@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

That's because they only considered one monkey.

You need a thousand monkeys working at a thousand typewriters.

[–] Kabaka@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

They did not limit themselves to one monkey. From the article:

As well as a single monkey, they also did the calculations using the current global population of around 200,000 chimpanzees.

[–] Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 3 weeks ago

The whole study is trash. A chimpanzee is not a monkey.

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It was the beat of times, it was the blurst of times

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Stupid monkey

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