88. Beautiful Science
Undeceptions with John Dickson
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The Infinite Monkey Theorem
If I had a box of numbers, it would be much easier for me to just randomly throw them. So the pattern is simpler, but harder. The probability of you seeing a nice pattern there is very small. This is a thousand monkeys working in a thousand typewriters. Soon they'll have written the greatest novel known to men. It was the best of times. You stupid monkey! If you haven't already guessed, that's a clip from The Simpsons,. which is apparently still going.
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