The Million Monkeys Typing Shakespeare Gambit

A hoary old canard used by Darwin's disciples to make the origin of life, and also evolution itself, seem feasible involves monkeys. There are several versions of the concept and the actual origin seems uncertain, but Thomas Henry Huxley made use of it way back when.

The idea is that given an infinite amount of time and a million immortal monkeys, they could eventually type out out the works of William Shakespeare. The concept is actually plausible the way it is written but is not realistic. Researchers tell us what we already know.

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The monkey theorem is a way to get Darwin doubters to admit that something absurd is actually possible, never mind the logic. From there, all sorts of lucky breaks result in evolution bringing all the wonders of life. The Creator is then displaced. However, dealing with the real universe, even secularists see there ain't no way nohow.

The “infinite monkey theorem” began in some previous era, perhaps with Thomas Huxley or predecessors of his, as a workaround for highly improbable events. Stated simply, a million monkeys typing randomly on typewriters could type all the works of Shakespeare by chance, given enough time. Is that true? Scientists at UTS decided to check the numbers.

You can read the rest at "Epic Fail: Million Monkeys Will Never Type Shakespeare."