7 points | by zabzonk 21 hours ago ago
3 comments
> if given an infinite amount of time, a monkey pressing keys on a typewriter would eventually write the complete works of William Shakespeare
Amazing that it took this long for Australian mathematics to prove that finite < infinite.
Usual tale .. they waited for the Brits to get around to it .. and eventually did it themselves.
eg. Here the BBC is late with the story: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42004052
> if given an infinite amount of time, a monkey pressing keys on a typewriter would eventually write the complete works of William Shakespeare
Amazing that it took this long for Australian mathematics to prove that finite < infinite.
Usual tale .. they waited for the Brits to get around to it .. and eventually did it themselves.
eg. Here the BBC is late with the story: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42004052