[[Actually, when we computed it, it was Hamlet and it took longer than the existence of the known universe. 10^12 years? I don’t remember the exact number.]]
But what is left out of this scenario is that you would have to INTELLIGENTLY DESIGN a supernatural system in order for the experiment to work- You would need an endless supply of ink, ribbon, keys that don’t wear out, mechanical parts that don’t wear out- the monkey would have to somehow ward off fatigue, skin problems, breakdown etc- the second law of thermodynamics would have to be suspended etc etc etc-
Yup. I think that is the idea but I could be wrong.
In other words, if the monkey types a F in “Good night, good night! Farting is such sweet sorrow” Darn!....that would equate to the ribbon breaking and having to start over.
At some point, the “random system” has to favor success, and then success again, and then success again and again and again a million times, billion times? That would make the system not random. And a question: wasn’t the early universe (before the big bang) supposed to be completely random? What happened to make it suddenly go from a random system to an organize chaos system?