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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy

06-20-2007, 07:34 AM

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Infinitely many monkeys?

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Posted By Piers

Re: Infinitely many monkeys?

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do you mean countably infinite, i.e. There is a one to one correspondance with the natural numbers. when I hear uncountably infinite the best example I can think of is the real numbers. ...

Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy

06-19-2007, 09:17 PM

Replies: 29

Infinitely many monkeys?

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Posted By Piers

Re: Infinitely many monkeys?

Its possible we agree. I think hypotheticals that are designed to make a serious point about the real world should be held to a higher standard than ones that are not.

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Once upon a time...

Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy

06-19-2007, 06:12 PM

Replies: 29

Infinitely many monkeys?

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Posted By Piers

Re: Infinitely many monkeys?

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No they won't, they will all die from lack of food and water. And then an empty room sits for eternity, until the typewriters rust away and the room is reclaimed by nature.

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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy

06-19-2007, 08:17 AM

Replies: 29

Infinitely many monkeys?

Views: 109

Posted By Piers

Re: Infinitely many monkeys?

The problem is unstable in that within a few billion years some of the monkeys will evolve into a species intelligent enough to understand what’s going on. At which point one of the monkeys will...

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