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The ‘infinite monkey theorem’ says that a monkey, hitting random keys over an infinite amount of time, will eventually type out the works of William Shakespeare. It’s been a saying as long as this writer can remember. The key word there seems to be infinite; that is, limitless amount of time.

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So when the BBC reports on a study that tries to disprove the infinite monkey theorem, it did not go well for them, at all:

More from the BBC:

Two Australian mathematicians have called into question an old adage, that if given an infinite amount of time, a monkey pressing keys on a typewriter would eventually write the complete works of William Shakespeare.

Known as the “infinite monkey theorem”, the thought-experiment has long been used to explain the principles of probability and randomness.

However, a new peer-reviewed study led by Sydney-based researchers Stephen Woodcock and Jay Falletta has found that the time it would take for a typing monkey to replicate Shakespeare’s plays, sonnets and poems would be longer than the lifespan of our universe.

So an infinite amount of time.

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There’s some research out there who when all ‘ACKSHUALLY’ on the infinite monkey theorem.

Heh.

It was.

You can never go wrong with a Simpson’s meme.

LOL.

Bingo.

‘Infinite Monkey’ would make a great band name.

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And the researchers missed the point.

And yet here we are.