ILN EP 38: Monkeys Typing Shakespeare
Apr 14, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 38
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Episode description
Pat was feeling cheeky so he asked Ben to shed some light on easily the most profound question in all of human thought: How long would it take for a bunch of monkeys to randomly type out all of Shakespeare’s plays? After a meandering journey through the principles of probability, the meaning of Art, and the baffling silliness of the British, the answer drove them both to irreparable insanity.
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