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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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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

As well as a single monkey, they also did the calculations using the current global population of around 200,000 chimpanzees, and they assumed a rather productive typing speed of one key every second until the end of the universe in about 10100 years.

They did 200k monkeys, so a little overkill from your expectations.

[–] PetteriSkaffari@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

What if the monkeys evolve to higher intelligence as time passes by?