As the saying goes
An infinite number of multicellular organisms with an infinite number of writing utensils will eventually reproduce a recognizable literary work
A more pithier way of putting it is that we are the universe experiencing itself.
Hamlet is a remake of and Old Norse legend Amleth.
One of us even wrote:
It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times.
One of us even wrote this!
Not just hamlet but the entire body of works accredited to Shakespeare
damn, that monkey must be pretty prolific, perhaps even rivaling Shakespeare! Do we know their name?
The name of the kid: Shakespeare
and everymonkey clapped.
We also drew dickibutt
Not endless, i guarantee it.
Not on a typewriter though. Task failed successfully.
Someone must have written hamlet on a typewriter at some point
Didn’t some math nerd prove that they would need more time than exists in the universe to make this happen?
It’s been calculated many times, and yes, it would take an absurdly long amount of time, and that’s the point. When dealing with infinities, time is irrelevant, whether you have infinite monkeys or one monkey and infinite time, they will still both do every possible thing a monkey could do.
In fact, infinite monkeys would not only write Hamlet, they would write it instantly, an infinite number of times, and in all possible languages, as well as the possible sequel where Marvel’s Blade shows up to fight vampires. Instantly.
Good luck finding them though.
The whole premise of the analogy is that the typed characters are random, which is why the animal in it is one that doesn’t understand written English. The point being that over an infinite amount of time, even totally random typing will, by definition, eventually produce any specified sequence.
OOP doesn’t get it, nor does anyone who finds this clever.
This is shitposts, relax
There is nobody here that doesn’t understand the premise of the original thought… It does not invalidate a joke about evolved monkeys.
Struck a nerve, huh?
It’s like writing a joke based on the premise that exercise makes you gain weight. It doesn’t, so any joke based on that is going to fall flat, except for people who think it does, lol.
You must be so fucking fun at parties.
I am, because my jokes are actually good, since I know how to actually construct a good joke, lol.
I bet, great story man. Hey I’ll be right back I just need to go grab a drink, catch you in a second…
We’re apes, not monkeys, though.
We’re both. Apes are a subset of old world monkeys.
e: sorry, old, not new
A monkey wrote Hamlet. It got mediocre reviews.
