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{{trope|wppage=Infinite monkey theorem}}
{{quote|''"Hanging out while the monkeys type away..."''
|'''[[They Might Be Giants]]''', ''We Live in a Dump''}}
A standard thought experiment from probability theory states that a million monkeys hammering a million typewriters (or a hundred, or a thousand) will eventually write the entire works of Shakespeare (or Dickens, or all the books in the British Library). This is a vivid enough mental image that it gets referenced a ''lot'' in fiction.
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== Comedy ==
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