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Well you're not supposed to just have one. It's supposed to be a thousand monkies at a thousand typewriters.
Now do the Mythbusters thing and figure out how many monkies and typewriters it would take for them to write Hamlet in just under a year. Don't just solve the myth; put it to the test!
I'm still mad we are giving them typewriters instead of keyboards. Think of the arthritis! Ergonomics please!
I thought it was supposed to be an infinite amount of monkeys, since it's known as "infinite monkey theorem", but apparently, according to Wikipedia,
However, I think, as long as either the timeframe or monkey amount is infinite, it should lead to the same results. So, why even limit one of them on this theoretical level after all?
The linked study even seems to limit both, so they're not quite investigating the actual classic theorem of one monkey with infinite time, it seems.
They did 200k monkeys, so a little overkill from your expectations.
What if the monkeys evolve to higher intelligence as time passes by?
You maniacs!