Showing posts with label probability. Show all posts
Showing posts with label probability. Show all posts

Monday, May 26, 2008

Shakespeare's works

Thinking about probability, if an infinite number monkeys on an infinite number of typewriters would eventually write the complete works of Shakespeare, there is a chance (however small) that a smaller number of monkeys might be able to write a body of work better than Shakespeare's. So really, anything's possible.