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Universe’s lifespan too short for monkeys to type out Shakespeare’s works, finds study

01 Nov 2024 Michael Banks
chimp looking at a laptop
Monkeying around: a study finds it would take 200,000 monkeys the lifespan of the universe to type out “I chimp, therefore I am”. (Courtesy: iStock/GlobalP)
According to the well-known thought experiment, the infinite monkeys theorem, a monkey randomly pres

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