Is it true that an infinite number of monkeys typing on infinite numer of type writers,?

Question

Can they type out the complete works of shakespeare?

Answer 1

yea don't your get it that's why there's no god

Answer 2

Yes, but only if there is reality in an 'infinite number of monkeys" and an "infinite number of typewriters," not to mention the difficulty of supervising all those monkeys. They would also type out the complete works of everyone else–along with infinite pages of garbage.

Answer 3

Mathematically I believe that is correct. All you need is an infinite number of users typing an infinite number of words. And I would assume you also mean that these users would be typing an infinite number of words in sentences, paragraphs, stories, sermons, opinions, questions, etc......anything possible by typing. So, eventually a monkey would happen to type in exact order everything ever written, including the complete works of Shakespeare.

If I and my friends had the capacity to eat all of the apples in the world that ever existed, we would have the capacity to eat all of the applesauce that ever existed.

Answer 4

The problem is ill posed. It doesn't say how long the monkeys have to type. It doesn't say how what one monkey types is related to what another monkey types.
Supposedly one monkey typing forever on one typewriter would eventually type out every finite string of letters and the complete works of W.S. is a finite string of letters.
Socrates believed in reincarnation and that time went back forever. Thus a soul would have existed forever and an in that time would have learned everything. Hence the Socratic method of teaching is to help a person remember something they already know.

Answer 5

The phrase simply points out that if you generate random data for an infinite amount of time, all possible sequences will be contained in the output.

For example, if you look through sequential digits of pi (π), as expressed in binary notation, you will eventually find a sequence that exactly matches, say, an MP3 file of your favorite song. The infinite and non-repeating nature of pi guarantees this.

Answer 6

I believe this was tried in recent times with a small number of monkeys and the result was mayhem, nothing worthwhile produced, a number of wrecked machines, plenty of tantrums, and a lot of excrement thrown about. A bit like your typical day in the office...

Answer 7

yes. it could be done with one, but it would take a long time. if they randomly type, eventually, they would also write new plays, every book ever written, this answer, your question, and everything I have ever thought in alphabetical order. shakespeare is just used as an example.

Answer 8

yes