VantaBrandon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTyping monkey would be unable to produce 'Hamlet' within the lifetime of the universe, study findsphys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square197fedilinkarrow-up1597arrow-down148file-text
arrow-up1549arrow-down1external-linkTyping monkey would be unable to produce 'Hamlet' within the lifetime of the universe, study findsphys.orgVantaBrandon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square197fedilinkfile-text
The question that everyone has been dying to know has been answered. Finally! What will scientists study next?
minus-squareOgmios@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42arrow-down5·2 months agoIt also makes a pretty bold claim about us actually knowing the lifespan of the universe.
minus-squarescarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoHow are they defining the end of the universe?
minus-squareBennyInc@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·2 months agoProbably very shortly after dinner has been served at that restaurant.
minus-square0x0@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoI think that was just a galaxy, not the whole universe.
minus-squarelemonmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoYou mean the Restaurant at the End of the Universe?
minus-squarefuzzyleonardo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoBut what does the Lord think about this?
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months agoThe universe is believed to end just a few nanoseconds before a monkey finishes writing Hamlet.
minus-squareHonoraryMancunian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoHeat death would be my assumption, so between about 10^100 and 10^106 years
minus-squareOgmios@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down6·2 months agoWe know such an infinitesimally small amount about what is actually happening in the universe that any claims to be capable of predicting it’s end are patently absurd.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThat’s not bold, we’ve known how long the universe will last for decades now.
minus-squareOgmios@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·2 months agoJust because someone tells you something, doesn’t mean they actually know what they’re talking about. fyi
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoWhen multiple fields of science all agree, yeah they know what they’re talking about. I just don’t get these anti-science types…
It also makes a pretty bold claim about us actually knowing the lifespan of the universe.
How are they defining the end of the universe?
Probably very shortly after dinner has been served at that restaurant.
I think that was just a galaxy, not the whole universe.
You mean the Restaurant at the End of the Universe?
Hmm… i sit corrected.
But what does the Lord think about this?
The universe is believed to end just a few nanoseconds before a monkey finishes writing Hamlet.
Heat death would be my assumption, so between about 10^100 and 10^106 years
We know such an infinitesimally small amount about what is actually happening in the universe that any claims to be capable of predicting it’s end are patently absurd.
That’s not bold, we’ve known how long the universe will last for decades now.
Just because someone tells you something, doesn’t mean they actually know what they’re talking about. fyi
When multiple fields of science all agree, yeah they know what they’re talking about.
I just don’t get these anti-science types…