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Typing monkey would be unable to produce 'Hamlet' within the lifetime of the universe, study finds (phys.org)
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The question that everyone has been dying to know has been answered. Finally! What will scientists study next?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

monkey who more or less did that already. His name is William.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago

Ol Bill Shakespeare. He wrote Hamlet, one correct letter at a time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Humans are apes, apes are monkeys, paraphyletic groups are bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

To be entirely fair, apes aren't monkeys. I don't think that particular distinction is really all that relevant to the discussion, but technically...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

From wikipedia:

Traditionally, all animals in the group now known as simians are counted as monkeys except the apes. Thus monkeys, in that sense, constitute an incomplete paraphyletic grouping; however, in the broader sense based on cladistics, apes (Hominoidea) are also included, making the terms monkeys and simians synonyms in regard to their scope.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Oh neat. This is all taxonomy that is well beyond me. My defense of calling humans monkeys is that everyone does it, and that's how language works. Glad to know I'm correct too, technically lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

Username checks out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago

isnt that a misconception? apes just share a common ancestor with us

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Well. technically he was an ape rather than a monkey.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago

Technically true, I think it still fits for the layman.