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- noun informal The proposition that a
monkey , hittingtypewriter keys atrandom will produce a large amount of sensibletext (typically a work byShakespeare ) given aninfinite amount oftime .
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hernesheir commented on the word infinite monkey theorem
The proposition that an infinite monkey hitting computer keys at random would, eventually, reproduce all the lists and all the words found at Wordnik, if given an infinite amount of time. What's time to a monkey?
January 6, 2012
fbharjo commented on the word infinite monkey theorem
the finite money-key theorem is equally fascinating!!??!!
*just mon(ey)keying around or two*
January 6, 2012