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A monkey writing Shakespeare? That's much ado about nothing, scientists claim
The Infinite Monkey Theorem hypothesizes that ... "banana" was not one of them. The chances of a chimpanzee managing to ...
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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 ... works of William Shakespeare by sheer chance. Chimp movie star Kokomo Jr. in 1957.
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Monkeys will never type Shakespeare, study finds
“It is not plausible that, even with improved typing speeds or an increase in chimpanzee populations, monkey labour will ever be a viable tool for developing non-trivial written works,” the ...
Lions, leopards, jaguars, chimps. In Fort Worth, they weren’t always just in the zoo.
Star-Telegram reporter George Dolan first introduced “Blondie,” a 23-month-old African lion, to readers in July 1955. Dolan, ...
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Monkeys would take 7 universe lifespans to type works of Shakespeare
For their calculations, the team assumed the monkeys were using a keyboard containing 30 keys – the 26 letters of the English alphabet, plus the most common punctuation marks. Each chimp is ...
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One Monkey Can’t Write Shakespeare In The Universe’s Lifetime, Better Get An Army
while live monkeys perform even worse. Based on 200,000 living chimpanzees and a lifespan of 30 years, and assuming the chimp population somehow remains stable without taking time off typing for ...
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Monkeys will never be able to write Shakespeare’s entire works, study finds
It is not plausible that, even with improved typing speeds or an increase in chimpanzee populations, monkey labour will ever be a viable tool for developing non-trivial written works Study authors ...