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DOES TRUMP SOUND SUICIDAL TO YOU? - 11.4.24 Countdown with Keith Olbermann (Original Post)
ihaveaquestion
Nov 4
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niyad
(120,041 posts)1. KNR for KO, as always!
stopdiggin
(12,852 posts)2. Not particularly.
but there is the old theory about enough monkeys banging on a typewriter - to eventually produce an epic (or perhaps it was just a novel?). Which is another way of saying - verbal diarrhea. And whose job to sift through ...
usonian
(13,942 posts)6. Monkeys can't do it. Trump however, can get close to jabberwocky.
Monkeys will never type Shakespeare, study finds
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c748kmvwyv9o
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c748kmvwyv9o
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.
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.
bullimiami
(13,994 posts)3. Irdcdu?
TwilightZone
(28,833 posts)4. No.
Are we being a bit hyperbolic? Yes.
Ray Bruns
(4,619 posts)5. If only.
usonian
(13,942 posts)7. He's ready to push that button. DO IT, DONALD.