Virtual monkeys write Shakespeare, page
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Topic started on 26-9-2011 @ 01:01 PM by filosophia
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First of all, tell me what you think after reading this for the first time. Then, re-read the article and tell me if your outlook appears different. I'll tell you my own thoughts but I don't want to spoil it.


reply posted on 26-9-2011 @ 01:15 PM by wigit
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I read that earlier tonight. It doesn't seem right to just look for bits of shakespeare and put it together like a jigsaw. I'd assumed the original idea for the experiment wanted the complete works of Shakespeare done in the correct order for it to count.

Great article though. I laughed out loud at the end.



After the equivalent of billions and billions and billions of monkey years the simulated apes had only produced part of a line from Henry IV, Part 2.

Also in 2003, Paignton Zoo carried out a practical test by putting a keyboard connected to a PC into the cage of six crested macaques. After a month the monkeys had produced five pages of the letter "S" and had broken the keyboard.




reply posted on 26-9-2011 @ 01:30 PM by newcovenant
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This is an interesting thread as well
math.stackexchange.com...

I will also be back to tell you what I think.
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