Re: The infinite monkey claim about writing Shakespeare was irrelevant

  Reentrant wrote:

On 03/11/2024 17:28, RonO wrote:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/10/241030150811.htm
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The infinite monkey thought experiment might have been correct, in terms of monkey success, but it isn't likely to have occurred within the lifespan of our universe.
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Ron Okimoto

I prefer the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy philosophy:
Nothing is impossible, merely improbable, so in an infinitely
large universe everything has happened an infinite number
of times.
(I'm working from memory here, paraphrasing, but you get the
gist of it)
And that's true. The only question remaining is if you believe
that the universe is infinite.
NOTE:  "Infinite" can be thought of in terms of size but also
in duration. Even if the universe was no larger than a medium
sized cat, if it exists FOREVER then there's still infinite
opportunities for things to occur, no matter how improbable.
It's an interesting philosophy that is probably at it's most
fascinating on a micro scale... micro as opposed to the expanse
of the universe.
If something only has a 1-in-a-billion chance to happen to a
person, well, there's 8 billion people so...
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