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The question that everyone has been dying to know has been answered. Finally! What will scientists study next?

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[–] [email protected] 231 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

The theorem holds true. The theorem states that the monkey has infinite time, not just the lifetime of our universe.

That's just lazy science to change the conditions to make sensational headlines. Bad scientists!

[–] [email protected] 107 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This just in: scientists disprove validity of thought experiment; philosophers remain concerned that they've missed the point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The universe is the cage and we are the monkeys. We have already written Hamlet.

[–] ogmios 37 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It also makes a pretty bold claim about us actually knowing the lifespan of the universe.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

How are they defining the end of the universe?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Probably very shortly after dinner has been served at that restaurant.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I think that was just a galaxy, not the whole universe.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You mean the Restaurant at the End of the Universe?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Hmm.... i sit corrected.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

But what does the Lord think about this?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago

The universe is believed to end just a few nanoseconds before a monkey finishes writing Hamlet.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

Heat death would be my assumption, so between about 10^100 and 10^106 years

[–] ogmios 0 points 3 weeks ago

We know such an infinitesimally small amount about what is actually happening in the universe that any claims to be capable of predicting it's end are patently absurd.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's not bold, we've known how long the universe will last for decades now.

[–] ogmios -5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Just because someone tells you something, doesn't mean they actually know what they're talking about. fyi

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

When multiple fields of science all agree, yeah they know what they're talking about.

I just don't get these anti-science types...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

the monkey has infinite time

Use an infinite number of monkeys instead?