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Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] san rr com> wrote:
>> Warp wrote:
>>> So exactly at which point are the works forced to appear, to fulfill
>>> the probability of 1?
>
>> Infinity. That's the point.
>
> In other words: Never. At no point is it forced to happen.
No. You're getting wrapped up in Zeno's paradox here.
> The analogy is that the monkey will type Shakespeare's work for sure.
> Exactly when is this 100% certainty reached? Never.
Yes. After infinite time. But you're refusing to look at that case, trying
to get to "after infinite time has passed" by looking one second at a time.
Assume you have an infinite number of monkeys, each typing one block of text
the size of shakespeare, and they all finish within one day. Is Shakespeare
in there?
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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