Here’s how the plot goes. Imagine that a monkey is typing on a typewriter. If the monkey keeps typing over an infinite amount of time, and assuming that the monkey is typing keys purely on a ...

Each chimp was assumed to have the same productive, if reluctant, typing speed. With a 30-key typewriter that included ...

The researchers’ calculations are based on a scenario involving a single monkey typing one key per second for 30 years on a keyboard with 30 keys. This included the English alphabet and basic ...