[jkeat]

With so many people entering characters right now, it’s only a matter of time til we get some Shakespeare

[why-el]

I suppose this is an ode to the famous "enough monkeys will write Hamlet?"[1] :p

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem

[lioeters]

There's a section in the linked Wikipedia article that describes Jorge Luis Borges tracing the origin of the concept back to Aristotle's Metaphysics.

That's the best thing I've read today. I've often heard the monkeys-on-typewriters imagery, but never related it to an idea of a "total library" which contains everything that can ever be written, probably even itself. I suppose the digits of Pi may be considered such a "library".

"Strictly speaking, one immortal monkey would suffice."

[jamafu]

Semi related: check out libraryofbabel [1] or the Vscauce video [2]

[1] https://libraryofbabel.info

[2] https://youtu.be/GDrBIKOR01c?t=1032

[thotsBgone]

See also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se2RN1t-XVI

[crispyporkbites]

Unfortunately the distribution of entry of characters by humans is not likely to be uniformly random, hence this will not occur even if all of humanity were to stumble across this readme.

[lixtra]

But letters in Shakespeare aren’t uniformly distributed either, so maybe it’s even more re likely.

[quickthrower2]

Well "thou" might appear sometimes

[reagent_finder]

It just broke.

[silentsea90]

Love it!