Monkeys Would Take 7 Universe Lifespans To Type Works Of Shakespeare

Monkeys will not be able to type the complete works of william shakespeare, or even a short book, before the death of the universe, a new study suggests. Two australian mathematicians say they have debunked an old adage, that if given an infinite amount of time, a monkey pressing keys on a typewriter would eventually write the complete. A monkey randomly pressing keys on a typewriter for an infinite amount of time would eventually type out the complete works of shakespeare purely by chance, according. The universe will end long before the monkey can type ‘all but the most trivial of phrases’, mathematicians say of the famed infinite monkeys theorem andy gregory friday 01. A study finds it would take 200 000 monkeys the lifespan of the universe to type out “i chimp, therefore i am”.

Two australian mathematicians have called into question an old adage, that if given an infinite amount of time,. The infinite monkey theorem only considers the infinite limit, with either an infinite number of monkeys or an infinite time period of monkey labor, woodcock explains. The infinite monkey theorem states that illiterate primates could write great literature with enough time, but the amount of time needed is much longer than the lifespan of the.