Monkeys will never type Shakespeare, study finds

[Ming the Merciless]

that they have not evolved into something else

They haven’t got time to evolve. They are busy typing away…

 

[Chris S]

The idea is nothing new. I can remember Alastair Cooke mentioning it in one of his 'Letters From America' when I was a child.

 

[Jameshow]

The idea is nothing new. I can remember Alastair Cooke mentioning it in one of his 'Letters From America' when I was a child.

They were fab worth listening too!

 

[markemark]

An infinite number of monkeys with an infinite amount of time (no idea why they suddenly decided to make time finite, but hey ho) would write the entire works of Shakespeare an infinite number of times.

They'd also write the most well researched and well received essay on whether helmets are worth wearing or not....an infinite number of times

 

[Dogtrousers]

But they're too busy typing, to put anybody down

Hey hey they're the monkeys

 

[slow horse]

“It is not plausible that, even with improved typing speeds or an increase in chimpanzee populations, monkey labour will ever be a viable tool for developing non-trivial written works,” the study says.

Funny guys.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

They haven’t got time to evolve. They are busy typing away…

They might evolve into something with the patience to sit still and type all day???

 

[grldtnr]

Er, We did ! But since we have regressed ,
When you consider we share the majority of our genes with the Great apes , Gorillas ,Orangutan and Chimps something like 98..9% of our makeup is shared.
There have been cases of Gorilla and Chimps taught sign Language and able to construct simple conversations with their keepers.
Orangutans are incredibly intelligent ,so much that they choose not to communicate...

The gorilla in question was called KoKo, she was sentiment to try and teach another gorilla language.
Sentiment to ask for a kitten,which named, obviously didn't have full faculty to care for it , but remarkably looked after it .
When questioned has to who pull a sink off the wall, blamed it on the kitten, so had humour ,or obviously able to lie!

 

[bobzmyunkle]

Orangutans are incredibly intelligent

 

[slow horse]

@bobzmyunkle - is that orangutan a very stable genius, by any chance?

 

[cyberknight]

If Thats all they have to worry about then they need more stuff going on in their life ...........

 

[DaveReading]

Given that Shakespeare, like the rest of us, shared many characteristics with monkeys (apart from possibly tree-climbing ability), then the theory has already been proven ...

 

[Hover Fly]

Even Shakespeare never typed the Complete Works of Shakespeare.

 

[grldtnr]

I think the 'Minkeys' have enough worry about with us , the supposed superior ape, destroying our shared planet.....

 

[JtB]

So it’s been mathematically proven that from “every chimp in the world”, the works of Shakespeare could never come into existence by random events over the lifetime of the universe.

How much less likely therefore is it that from “nothing”, the works of Shakespeare along with this infinitely complex universe and everything within it come into existence by random events over the lifetime of the universe?

So a round of applause to those two Australian mathematicians who have unintentionally proven the existence of an almighty creator.