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The question that everyone has been dying to know has been answered. Finally! What will scientists study next?

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[–] PetteriPano@lemmy.world 230 points 5 days ago (4 children)

The theorem holds true. The theorem states that the monkey has infinite time, not just the lifetime of our universe.

That's just lazy science to change the conditions to make sensational headlines. Bad scientists!

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 107 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This just in: scientists disprove validity of thought experiment; philosophers remain concerned that they've missed the point.

[–] murmelade@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The universe is the cage and we are the monkeys. We have already written Hamlet.

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 38 points 5 days ago (2 children)

It also makes a pretty bold claim about us actually knowing the lifespan of the universe.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (4 children)

How are they defining the end of the universe?

[–] BennyInc@feddit.org 28 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Probably very shortly after dinner has been served at that restaurant.

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I think that was just a galaxy, not the whole universe.

[–] lemonmelon@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You mean the Restaurant at the End of the Universe?

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 6 points 5 days ago

Hmm.... i sit corrected.

[–] fuzzyleonardo@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

But what does the Lord think about this?

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago

The universe is believed to end just a few nanoseconds before a monkey finishes writing Hamlet.

[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

Heat death would be my assumption, so between about 10^100 and 10^106 years

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 days ago

We know such an infinitesimally small amount about what is actually happening in the universe that any claims to be capable of predicting it's end are patently absurd.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That's not bold, we've known how long the universe will last for decades now.

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works -4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Just because someone tells you something, doesn't mean they actually know what they're talking about. fyi

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

When multiple fields of science all agree, yeah they know what they're talking about.

I just don't get these anti-science types...

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 11 points 5 days ago

the monkey has infinite time

Use an infinite number of monkeys instead?