Poll of the Day > Infinite monkeys on infinite typewriters will eventually type out all of PotD

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Blightzkrieg
04/10/21 3:13:42 PM
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Every post from beginning to end

Imagine the trauma those monkeys will go through

Think about that the next time you decide to post trash on this board. Think about who you're hurting.

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adjl
04/10/21 3:15:52 PM
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Infinite monkeys on infinite typewriters will also eventually type out all of the trash I don't post, though. In fact, the same infinite subset of the infinite monkeys will be traumatized by typing out the trash I don't post as would be traumatized if they typed out the same trash if I did post it.

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ParanoidObsessive
04/10/21 3:20:56 PM
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Infinite monkeys would probably make better posts.
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Bulbasaur
04/10/21 3:23:44 PM
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they would also make way worse posts

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Mead
04/10/21 3:27:48 PM
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If all the zeros of a googolplex were printed onto standard books at 50 zeroes per page, those pages would have more mass than all of the known mass in the observable universe

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wolfy42
04/10/21 3:27:58 PM
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They would also make an infinite amount of monkey poo, and throw an infinite amount of it at you, think about that.

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EclairReturns
04/10/21 3:28:17 PM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
better posts


Bulbasaur posted...
worse posts


If these hypothetical monkeys are transcribing the contents of every post on this board, would it not follow that they would produce posts of equal quality to the ones they are copying?
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EclairReturns
04/10/21 3:28:36 PM
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Also, is this from some odd science-fiction story, or something?
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Blightzkrieg
04/10/21 3:36:11 PM
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adjl posted...
Infinite monkeys on infinite typewriters will also eventually type out all of the trash I don't post, though. In fact, the same infinite subset of the infinite monkeys will be traumatized by typing out the trash I don't post as would be traumatized if they typed out the same trash if I did post it.
People are allowed to feel guilty for things they aren't directly responsible for.

Don't shame us for having a fucking conscience.

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wolfy42
04/10/21 3:38:24 PM
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EclairReturns posted...
Also, is this from some odd science-fiction story, or something?


Tis originally from Hitchikers Guide to the galaxy.

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Greenfox111
04/10/21 4:07:55 PM
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Mead posted...
If all the zeros of a googolplex were printed onto standard books at 50 zeroes per page, those pages would have more mass than all of the known mass in the observable universe
Ok but you can fit way more than 50 zeroes per page

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Mead
04/10/21 5:16:59 PM
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Greenfox111 posted...
Ok but you can fit way more than 50 zeroes per page

my mistake I meant per line

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Ogurisama
04/10/21 5:19:01 PM
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adjl
04/10/21 5:20:22 PM
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Blightzkrieg posted...
People are allowed to feel guilty for things they aren't directly responsible for.

Don't shame us for having a fucking conscience.

But this isn't just something we're not directly responsible for. This is something that will inevitably happen regardless of what I do or don't do. I have absolutely no ability to influence the simultaneous infinite outcomes of these infinite possibilities. None of us do. Everything that can happen, will.

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Zareth
04/10/21 5:22:40 PM
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How long would it take though

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Kanatteru
04/10/21 5:35:00 PM
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i've posted a lot of trash on here that's for sure

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Krazy_Kirby
04/10/21 5:55:12 PM
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it was the best of times, it was the blurst of times.
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Blightzkrieg
04/10/21 6:03:54 PM
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Zareth posted...
How long would it take though
If there were infinite monkeys, each of them could type one letter of PotD's history in sequence, so theoretically it could be completed in the span of a single key press.

Also worth noting that infinite monkeys will type every post on PotD infinite times. Like some kind of horrific monkey time loop hell.

adjl posted...
But this isn't just something we're not directly responsible for. This is something that will inevitably happen regardless of what I do or don't do. I have absolutely no ability to influence the simultaneous infinite outcomes of these infinite possibilities. None of us do. Everything that can happen, will.
wow, this isn't the kind of thing an anime protagonist would say, monkey or not

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DirtBasedSoap
04/10/21 6:15:49 PM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
Infinite monkeys would probably make better posts.
I agree, this place sucks and Im literally better than everyone here. Thats why Ive spent the last 20 years here!

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Zareth
04/10/21 6:34:15 PM
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Blightzkrieg posted...
If there were infinite monkeys, each of them could type one letter of PotD's history in sequence, so theoretically it could be completed in the span of a single key press.
I mean monkey's don't know how to type so they're probably mashing the keys, and keys that are close together are going to be hit at the same time. So I think that's technically impossible.

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Unbridled9
04/10/21 6:34:54 PM
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What if we ARE the infinite monkeys?

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JOExHIGASHI
04/10/21 6:34:57 PM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
Infinite monkeys would probably make better posts.
Or even a few monkeys would

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captpackrat
04/10/21 6:44:23 PM
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Jorge Luis Borges wrote an interesting short story called The Library of Babel, which is about a universe in the form of a vast library containing a nearly infinite number of books containing every possible combination of the characters of the alphabet, periods, commas, and spaces. Although the overwhelming majority of the books will be gibberish, the library will contain, somewhere, every book ever written or that ever could be written. Some of these books must contain predictions of the future, important secrets or the meaning of the universe, but there will also exist books that look legitimate but contain false or erroneous information, thus all the books are totally useless.

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SilentSeph
04/10/21 6:48:11 PM
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I hope they don't forget the ballsacks and beastiality pics

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Blightzkrieg
04/10/21 6:49:23 PM
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captpackrat posted...
Jorge Luis Borges wrote an interesting short story called The Library of Babel, which is about a universe in the form of a vast library containing a nearly infinite number of books containing every possible combination of the characters of the alphabet, periods, commas, and spaces. Although the overwhelming majority of the books will be gibberish, the library will contain, somewhere, every book ever written or that ever could be written. Some of these books must contain predictions of the future, important secrets or the meaning of the universe, but there will also exist books that look legitimate but contain false or erroneous information, thus all the books are totally useless.
This is the same idea but lacks the visual oomf and sex appeal of the monkey comparison. If all of PotD was in a library I'd burn that motherfucker down.

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captpackrat
04/10/21 6:58:30 PM
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captpackrat posted...
Jorge Luis Borges wrote an interesting short story called The Library of Babel, which is about a universe in the form of a vast library containing a nearly infinite number of books containing every possible combination of the characters of the alphabet, periods, commas, and spaces. Although the overwhelming majority of the books will be gibberish, the library will contain, somewhere, every book ever written or that ever could be written. Some of these books must contain predictions of the future, important secrets or the meaning of the universe, but there will also exist books that look legitimate but contain false or erroneous information, thus all the books are totally useless.
Oh, I just found that someone has actually implemented this library in digital form.

http://libraryofbabel.info/

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adjl
04/10/21 9:44:16 PM
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Zareth posted...
I mean monkey's don't know how to type so they're probably mashing the keys, and keys that are close together are going to be hit at the same time. So I think that's technically impossible.

With infinite monkeys, it doesn't matter how many multitudes type gibberish, because there is always another infinite number of monkeys pressing the correct keys to complete the actual posts. By the simple nature of infinity, it would happen almost instantaneously.

Blightzkrieg posted...
wow, this isn't the kind of thing an anime protagonist would say, monkey or not

Well then I guess I need to queue up some dramatic betrayal music. Get me infinite monkeys on infinite pianos.

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SunWuKung420
04/10/21 10:04:52 PM
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Dthiekdudyfixnxygydfgbv h tb h g fxn kd wofj. T t ub ivunx. Jc db ufxhxj mf shndl5. Mcxuc

This is what a monkey would post.

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adjl
04/10/21 10:28:56 PM
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SunWuKung420 posted...
Dthiekdudyfixnxygydfgbv h tb h g fxn kd wofj. T t ub ivunx. Jc db ufxhxj mf shndl5. Mcxuc

This is what a monkey would post.

Most likely, but the fun thing about infinity is that probability no longer means anything. The odds of a monkey randomly typing something comprehensible are infinitesimal, but with infinite monkeys, it becomes guaranteed that not only one of them will do so, but an infinite number of them will. An infinite number of them will also type exactly what you wrote, another infinite number will derive the quadratic formula in perfect Gaelic, and another infinite number will reveal your secret pizza recipe. Infinity is comprised of infinite infinities, in which finite probabilities cease to matter.

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SunWuKung420
04/10/21 10:30:39 PM
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adjl posted...
Most likely, but the fun thing about infinity is that probability no longer means anything. The odds of a monkey randomly typing something comprehensible are infinitesimal, but with infinite monkeys, it becomes guaranteed that not only one of them will do so, but an infinite number of them will. An infinite number of them will also type exactly what you wrote, another infinite number will derive the quadratic formula in perfect Gaelic, and another infinite number will reveal your secret pizza recipe. Infinity is comprised of infinite infinities, in which finite probabilities cease to matter.
I know all about infinite possibilities. I exist in all of them.

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Blightzkrieg
04/10/21 10:31:34 PM
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Infinite monkeys clapping infinite*2 cheeks would bang my ex infinite times

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adjl
04/10/21 10:45:35 PM
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SunWuKung420 posted...
I know all about infinite possibilities. I exist in all of them.

You also do not exist in all of them.

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SunWuKung420
04/10/21 10:46:46 PM
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adjl posted...
You also do not exist in all of them.
Nope. I am all the infinities.

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SKARDAVNELNATE
04/11/21 1:00:55 AM
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1) The monkeys don't comprehend what they're typing.
2) Since there's an infinite number of them each one just needs to fill a single page. They won't even get carpal tunnel syndrome from completing the exercise.
3) An infinite number of monkeys would use up all the available oxygen quite rabidly.
4) An infinite number of monkeys would fill all available space. Their infinite mass would collapse the universe into a black hole.

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Zareth
04/11/21 1:04:05 AM
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SKARDAVNELNATE posted...
An infinite number of monkeys would fill all available space
This is true. You'd need more than infinite space to have room for the typewriters AND the monkeys.

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argonautweakend
04/11/21 1:06:19 AM
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adjl posted...
Infinite monkeys on infinite typewriters will also eventually type out all of the trash I don't post, though. In fact, the same infinite subset of the infinite monkeys will be traumatized by typing out the trash I don't post as would be traumatized if they typed out the same trash if I did post it.

HYPERLOGICAL
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SunWuKung420
04/11/21 1:06:32 AM
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It's the Naruto shadow clone training analogy.

Only one of us is the jutsu caster.

I AM THE HIGHLANDER!

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Blightzkrieg
04/11/21 1:07:17 AM
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We haven't established that the monkeys have any mass though, they could presumably all occupy the same point in space.

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SunWuKung420
04/11/21 1:13:58 AM
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Blightzkrieg posted...
We haven't established that the monkeys have any mass though, they could presumably all occupy the same point in space.
That's quantum and particle physics in a nutshell.

All of existence is mutable. All things are made of and exist within the same substance and space.

Thought is the only reaction.

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Metalsonic66
04/11/21 1:15:41 AM
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Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

I hear it's amazing when the famous purple stuffed worm in flap-jaw space with the tuning fork does a raw blink on Hara-Kiri Rock. I need scissors! 61!

Rat shit! Bat shit! Dirty old ****!
Sixty-nine assholes, tied in a KNOT!
Hooray!
Lizard shit!
FUCK!

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SKARDAVNELNATE
04/11/21 12:38:31 PM
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Blightzkrieg posted...
We haven't established that the monkeys have any mass though, they could presumably all occupy the same point in space.
If so, how are they expected to press the keys on the typewriter? Being without mass prevents them from interacting with each other or the rest of the universe. This would also make them unable to interact with the typewriter.

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Fierce_Deity_08
04/11/21 1:04:56 PM
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Monkeys are cute. We have a couple typewriters here that they can use. There might be a couple more in my uncles house.

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adjl
04/12/21 8:08:54 AM
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SKARDAVNELNATE posted...
If so, how are they expected to press the keys on the typewriter?

Presumably, the typewriters would also be massless, so as to also occupy the same point in space.

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JOExHIGASHI
04/12/21 8:36:45 AM
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Can't we just have a random character generator instead of infinite massless monkeys and typewriters?

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adjl
04/12/21 8:40:17 AM
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JOExHIGASHI posted...
Can't we just have a random character generator instead of infinite massless monkeys and typewriters?

What's the difference?

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