An old adage says that a monkey randomly clicking away at the keyboard would eventually type the complete works of William Shakespeare after being at it long enough. However, a new study by two ...

Instead, the monkeys beat the keyboard with stones ... the thought experiment of typing monkeys feels more relevant than ever ...

Here’s how the plot goes. Imagine that a monkey is typing on a typewriter. If the monkey keeps typing over an infinite amount of time, and assuming that the monkey is typing keys purely on a ...