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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

Just thinking at a high level, an infinite number of monkies should hypothetically almost instantly produce Shakespeare (or at least as quickly as they can type)

Conversely, 1 monkey would eventually produce it given infinity time.

[–] IHateReddit 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

1 monkey would likely die before producing Shakespeare

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

oh absolutely, this is purely a thought experiment of course.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

not if it’s an infinite monkey

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Well, an infinite amount would.

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