Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Ryujin]

It also doesn't account for the fact that random doesn't mean it will take that long. It literally could be the first thing typed. The odds are simply against it.

 

[Scribe]

"Infinite monkeys typing an infinite amount of time is bogus because mathematicians modeled a finite amount of monkeys in a finite amount of time" is pretty bad journalism. They disproved a different thought experiment than the one the public is generally thinking about.

The rigor of modern journalism lol

 

[Deset Gled]

"Infinite monkeys typing an infinite amount of time is bogus because mathematicians modeled a finite amount of monkeys in a finite amount of time" is pretty bad journalism. They disproved a different thought experiment than the one the public is generally thinking about.

I'll bet the scientists that can't make monkeys type Shakespeare are the same ones that don't know how bees fly. Colleges don't know nothin, I tells ya.

 

[The Soloist]

"Infinite monkeys typing an infinite amount of time is bogus because mathematicians modeled a finite amount of monkeys in a finite amount of time" is pretty bad journalism. They disproved a different thought experiment than the one the public is generally thinking about.

Hum, the journalists are not the blame here. If you read to the end of the article, that is what Chris Banerji says.

Newspaper articles are like MTG cards. You must read all the Ability text, not just the first part, that favours your interpretation.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Hum, the journalists are not the blame here. If you read to the end of the article, that is what Chris Banerji says.

Newspaper articles are like MTG cards. You must read all the Ability text, not just the first part, that favours your interpretation.

Did the editor who wrote the headline read to the end of the article?

 

[The Soloist]

Did the editor who wrote the headline read to the end of the article?

It's called a Hook.

Here's one, 'Branden Fraser loses 250 pounds'. When you read the (fake) article, you discover that he was mugged during a trip to London. His wallet contained 250 pounds.

The purpose of the Hook is to get past your guard and get you to read the article.

 

[Bedrockgames]

I'll bet the scientists that can't make monkeys type Shakespeare are the same ones that don't know how bees fly. Colleges don't know nothin, I tells ya.

It's true. I got a yorkie to type Shakespeare after a single viewing of Hamlet. I think these scientists just don't know how to work with animals

 

[Maxperson]

Mordor She Wrote

I call shenanigans on that one. It's been floating around Facebook for years!!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It's called a Hook.

Here's one, 'Branden Fraser loses 250 pounds'. When you read the (fake) article, you discover that he was mugged during a trip to London. His wallet contained 250 pounds.

The purpose of the Hook is to get past your guard and get you to read the article.

If one of your goals is to trick people into reading your article, I'm not going to call the resulting product good journalism.

 

[Scribe]

The purpose of the Hook is to get past your guard and get you to read the article.

So, clickbait. lol