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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chun-tzu" data-source="post: 887914" data-attributes="member: 1441">The capitalization, punctuation, spacing and so forth are completely irrelevant. The example seems to be lost on many people, who think it has something to do with monkeys or literature. It has nothing to do with either.The example requires an infinite number of monkeys at an infinite number of typewriters, OR a single monkey at a typewriter for an infinite amount of time, either of which is inherently impossible. The result of that is an infinite string of letters and numbers and spaces and punctuation.Somewhere within that infinite string will be every possible combination of letters and numbers. This includes the complete works of Shakespeare. This includes every piece of literature ever written. This includes every piece of literature that has been conceived, but never written. This includes this entire thread. Because that is the scope of infinity. EVERY possible combination. The complete works of Shakespeare is a single combination.</blockquote>