Infinite Monkey Theorem Debunked: Not enough time in universe for monkeys to pen Shakespeare

Monkey can't type complete works of Shakespeare on keyboard, the universe may die first

If a monkey types randomly at a keyboard for long enough, it will eventually write the complete works of Shakespeare. This thought experiment has long been used to express how an infinite amount of time makes something that is incredibly unlikely -- but still technically possible -- become probable. But two Australian mathematicians have deemed the old adage misleading, working out that even if all the chimpanzees in the world were given the e…

Monkeys will never type Shakespeare but can become President

A peer-reviewed study has discovered that it would take longer than the life-span of the Universe to type Shakespeare, but less than three months for Donald Trump to become President again. A scientist explained: 'An infinite number of monkeys will never write Hamlet, but one single chimpanzee can beat both Trump and Harris, just be having one hopeful policy.' The 'infinite monkey theorem' is now to be replaced by 'one baboon hurling faeces'. T…

If given enough time, would a monkey eventually type out Shakespeare? The "infinite monkey theorem," as it’s known, is most certainly wrong

If given enough time, would a monkey eventually type out Shakespeare? The "infinite monkey theorem," as it’s known, is most certainly wrong

Monkeys will never be able to write Shakespeare’s entire works, study finds

It challenges the long-held theory that monkeys pressing keys at random on a typewriter would eventually be able to reproduce the famous texts.

Chimps will never write the works of Shakespeare, even if given an eternity

CHIMPS will never write the works of William Shakespeare even if given an eternity, probability experts have shown. The primates are not even remotely likely to bash out a coherent sentence. AlamyThere’s a five per cent chance chimps could successfully type a single word if given an entire lifetime[/caption] And there is just a five per cent chance one could write “bananas” in its lifetime, they concluded. It means even if all the 200,000 chimps…

If monkeys type on a typewriter long enough, they would eventually produce the complete works of Shakespeare - or so we thought. Now a study has shown that this will take a long time. A very, very long time. Too long.