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It could happen the very first time a monkey sat down at a typewriter. It's just very unlikely.
from the wiki article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem
So you're saying there's a chance.
But not zero.
Basically nothing is ever truly zero
Someone wiser than me already said that it already has happened: 1 ape did, in fact, write the complete works of Shakespeare.
ape != monkey
apes ⊂ monkeys, actually.
monkey c monkey do
Apes are monkeys though, just like we're apes and birds are dinosaurs
We are apes and birds are dinosaurs, but monkeys and apes are distinct categories under primates so no, apes are not monkeys.
Fair enough. I wouldn’t want to insult the Librarian.
Ook
I am.
Hello "Zero"!
Weird how neither of those numbers are infinities. Almost like the numbers used are unfathomably small in comparison.
So you’re telling me… there’s a chance!
Sorry, I’m sort of lampooning comments like the one above and below you where people just can’t resist focusing on the possibility, no matter how ridiculously remote it seems. For myself, there’s a point of “functionally zero odds” that I’m willing to accept and move on with my life.
so you're saying there's a chance...