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[โ€“] Urist@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Of course I am not denying that anything possible could happen. That is contradictory to the assumption it was possible in the first place. What I am saying is just that not all that is possible will happen, even if given an infinite time to do so.

EDIT: Unfortunately, given a setup like this the math says monkey Shakespeare will almost surely happen due to there only being finite variations.

[โ€“] GladiusB@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Oh I get you. I see it the same way. I saw it as an interesting thought experiment.