Question Of The Week - Infinite Monkeys

This week we shared Point/Counterpoint: Monkeys Typing Shakespeare, in which Kathryn Xu and Barry Petchesky debate the famous claim that “Infinite monkeys at infinite typewriters will eventually type the complete works of Shakespeare.” Who persuaded Browser readers?

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A

Xu: "Not true!! Not true!! Everyone has lied!!"

B

Petchesky: "I have faith in the monkeys to write a nice play."

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