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[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Gotta read the articles 👍

No, you..

As well as looking at the abilities of a single monkey, the study also did a series of calculations based on the current global population of chimpanzees, which is roughly 200,000.

(E: never mind that, as has already been suggested to you, the theoretical thought experiment in question specifies not only infinite monkeys, but infinite time too, so they've not stuck to either parameter)