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A Submarine of Monkeys

April 5, 2011 in Mildly Interesting, Philosophy

On the deck of the newly christened WSS Shakespeare Typing Monkey. . .

Chillbear Latrigue: [Speaking into a handheld microphone] NOW HEAR THIS! NOW HEAR THIS! PREPARE FOR DEPARTURE! ALL STATIONS REPORT IN!

Funky Gorilla Fist: Who are you yelling at?

CL: My crew. Don’t interfere. You’re the mission commander, but I’m still the skipper of the STM.

FGF: But your crew is all robots. Read the rest of this entry →

A Question of Monkeys

March 30, 2011 in Mildly Interesting, Philosophy

Meanwhile, in the Chamber of Wisdom. . .

Him: Given enough time, a thousand monkeys typing on a thousand typewriters will produce the complete works of William Shakespeare.

Me: That doesn’t sound right. Read the rest of this entry →