Why the infinite monkeys with the infinite typewriters wouldnt end up writing a Shakespeare play.
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They would, given infinite time.
Each monkey has a probability to write something, lets say each letter has a ~4% probability to be written at a given moment.
That means a combination of letters has a lower probability (think of 4% for the first letter and 4% for the second etc) that means for example an 0.16% probability for the combination ‘aa’ or any 2 letter comb.
With more complex combinations the probability approached 0, but never fully reaches it.
Infinite time and tries means that even an event that is highly unlikely is bound to happen sometime, because it has infinitely many chances.
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