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DOES TRUMP SOUND SUICIDAL TO YOU? - 11.4.24 Countdown with Keith Olbermann (Original Post) ihaveaquestion Nov 4 OP
KNR for KO, as always! niyad Nov 4 #1
Not particularly. stopdiggin Nov 4 #2
Monkeys can't do it. Trump however, can get close to jabberwocky. usonian Nov 4 #6
Irdcdu? bullimiami Nov 4 #3
No. TwilightZone Nov 4 #4
If only. Ray Bruns Nov 4 #5
He's ready to push that button. DO IT, DONALD. usonian Nov 4 #7

stopdiggin

(12,801 posts)
2. Not particularly.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 11:35 AM
Nov 4

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

(13,743 posts)
6. Monkeys can't do it. Trump however, can get close to jabberwocky.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 12:46 PM
Nov 4
Monkeys will never type Shakespeare, study finds
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.
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