| Three of us were trying to figure out how to thread a three-ply roll of wrapping paper into
a machine that mashes the plys together to create packing material for shipping cartons. As we're studying a diagram a grinning
co-worker asks, "Are the three of you trying to change that roll?" I reply, "It would help if we had a monkey."
If an infinite number of monkeys given an infinite amount of time will eventually reproduce the complete works of Shakespeare, how long would it take 9 monkeys to pen the lyrics to the Beatles "I Love You"? Frankly, I've never understood the whole Shakespearean/primate scenario. Presumabley, given an infinite amount of time a single monkey could reproduce Shakespeare's entire body of work. So why do you need all those monkeys?? I mean, unless you're in a hurry. Aside from this, while replicating Shakespeare what's to stop the monkeys from reproducing the works of George Bernard Shaw, Ernest Hemingway, Leo Tolstoi, and Berke Breathed? And then you're going to have a mass of copyright infringement lawsuits on your hands. This whole monkey business just isn't tenable, if you ask me. |