this post was submitted on 08 Dec 2024
459 points (94.6% liked)
Technology
60047 readers
2927 users here now
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Our Rules
- Follow the lemmy.world rules.
- Only tech related content.
- Be excellent to each another!
- Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
- Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
- Politics threads may be removed.
- No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
- Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
- Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
Approved Bots
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Obviously, but as I wrote BOTH are impossible, so it's irrelevant. I just didn't think I'd have to explain WHY infinite monkeys is impossible, while some might think the universe is infinite also in time, which it is not.
I also already wrote that if you have an infinite string everything is contained in it.
But even with infinite moneys it's not instant, because technically each monkey needs to finish a page.
But I understand what you mean, and that's exactly why the theorem is so stupid IMO. You could also have 1 monkey infinite time.
But both are still impossible.
When I say it's stupid, I don't mean as a thought experiment which is the purpose of it. The stupid part is when people think they can use it as an analogy or example to describe something
It's a theorem. It's theoretical. This is like complaining about the 20 watermelon example being unrealistic: that's not what it is about.
It's OK it exist, it's a thought that is curious enough. I'd even go so far and say it can have an educational function for children.
I just don't get why some people seem to think it's relevant in so many situations where clearly it's not.