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Typing monkey would be unable to produce 'Hamlet' within the lifetime of the universe, study finds (phys.org)
submitted 12 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The question that everyone has been dying to know has been answered. Finally! What will scientists study next?

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Someone wiser than me already said that it already has happened: 1 ape did, in fact, write the complete works of Shakespeare.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

ape != monkey

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

apes ⊂ monkeys, actually.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

monkey c monkey do

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Apes are monkeys though, just like we're apes and birds are dinosaurs

[–] [email protected] 1 points 59 minutes ago

We are apes and birds are dinosaurs, but monkeys and apes are distinct categories under primates so no, apes are not monkeys.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Fair enough. I wouldn’t want to insult the Librarian.