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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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[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 16 points 8 months ago (17 children)

from the wiki article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem

If there were as many monkeys as there are atoms in the observable universe typing extremely fast for trillions of times the life of the universe, the probability of the monkeys replicating even a single page of Shakespeare is unfathomably small.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 36 points 8 months ago (12 children)

... the probability of the monkeys replicating even a single page of Shakespeare is unfathomably small.

But not zero.

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (11 children)

Basically nothing is ever truly zero

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago
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