1000 monkeys typing Shakespeare

[Anderson]

Nah, it is not a demand at all my friend.


Sorry it came out that way,

 

[3Tees]

To be or not to be?
That is the question.
Whether tis nobler in the mind,
To suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them.
To die, to sleep.
No More.

What the fuck do you know... when I type randomly for long enough I can spew the works of Shakespeare. I'm off to do my Monkey Happy Dance and then see if I can randomly type out the Theory of Relativity: e=mC^2. Damned, that was too easy!

 

[Anderson]

At least this thread proved that if there is something of intelligence to discuss , Lancs will jump in and say something like a grade 4 student , and when asked to comment on the issue, he will run away to debate others about puns

 

[LancsLad]

At least this thread proved that if there is something of intelligence to discuss , Lancs will jump in and say something like a grade 4 student , and when asked to comment on the issue, he will run away to debate others about puns

You really seem to dislike me, i must have left a bad taste in your mouth sometime. You've never worked in the industry have you, you know, before the operation.




Can't figure out what name you used before anderson. Terribly scots sounding for a brooklyn....

 

[Anderson]

You frequent male hookers ????

We all know what the 4 dots after Brooklyn mean.....

Come on , go for it , spit it out sunshine

 

[LancsLad]

You frequent male hookers ????

We all know what the 4 dots after Brooklyn mean.....

Come on , go for it , spit it out sunshine

Spit, thats what you should have done.



not sure what you mean about the dots. (lol)

 

[lookingforitallthetime]

It depends.

Did any of the infinite quantity of monkeys attend private school?

I also agree with Red on the paper issue. lol.

 

[Anderson]

I would never ever report something to the mods , regardless how racist and insulting. I am from Brooklyn and us New Yorkers don't ''report to mods'' and tattletale like certain Danes on this board.

Anyway, I must end this here.

Warm regards,

 

[TQM]

answer

Probably not.

The wiki explanation is quite good and answers a different but related question very well.

But in Anderson's formulation, it's unlikely the monkeys are typing "randomly". Anderson's thousand monkeys aren't typing randomly makes it much less likely to find so much as one shakespeare book.

"Random" does a lot of work here mathematically.

 

[anon1]

"We have been told that a million monkeys on a million keyboards would eventually produce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true"

......attributed to a UCLA professor who's name escapes me.

 

[alex52]

If 1000 monkeys were typing away on a thousand typewriters infintely would they eventually write the complete works of Shakespeare.

I would like to know what feelings people have about this often debated question.

It is very interesting to see views on this question.

You can change the 1000 to 1,000,000 or whatever.The key here is the inifinite part.

In my opinion the answer is yes. Only if there can be no limit on the number of monkeys and each monkey has a typewriter.

 

[Anderson]

You are correct Alex but lets expand this for non believers.

17 billion monkeys on the same amount of typewriters in 17 billion universes, will they achieve it ?

Or for ones who cannot really understand mathematics that well, how long would it take you to flip a coin and hit heads 100 times in a row ? If ever ?

 

[red]

In my opinion the answer is yes. Only if there can be no limit on the number of monkeys and each monkey has a typewriter.

why can't we let the monkeys use word processors? are we treating thems as chimps or chumps.

 

[papasmerf]

why can't we let the monkeys use word processors? are we treating thems as chimps or chumps.

Same reason we can not let the yellow bellied sap sucker vote or have computer access

 

[red]

Same reason we can not let the yellow bellied sap sucker vote or have computer access

because they have criminal records?

 

[papasmerf]

What do you get when you have 1000 Bear typing???????


Nothing and 1000 rugs

 

[frankcastle]

All that monkey statement is saying is that given enough time anything is possible.

If you want the probability of a monkey getting it right

1) count the number of words and spaces in the play
2) count the number of possible keystrokes on the keyboard
3) The probability will be 1 divided by the number of keystrokes to the power of the number of words and spaces.

I like the simpsons bit with burns and the monkeys.....

it was the best of times it was the blorst of times

 

[basketcase]

Hmmmmmm, methink 1,000 terb members posting for an infinite amount of time will still result in nonsense.

But plenty of porn links. That's a worth endeavor to me.

do they have an infinite amount of paper? cause otherwise I can't see this working

I knew the monkeys were behind global warming.

 

[red]

I knew the monkeys were behind global warming.

thats what we need- monkey cutbacks

 

[anon1]

Is there anyone out there who actually wishes to comment on this question ?

You guys are looking at the theroem too literally. It is a philosophic postulate.
It's a facetious arguement on the existence of God.

The existence of man (the complete works of Shakespeare) can occur by pure randomness (x number of monkeys on x number of keyboards) given infinite time.