William Feller Quote

It has been suggested that an army of monkeys might be trained to pound typewriters at random in the hope that ultimately great works of literature would be produced. Using a coin for the same purpose may save feeding and training expenses and free the monkeys for other monkey business.

Chapter VIII, Unlimited Sequences Of Bernoulli Trials, p. 202. - An Introduction To Probability Theory And Its Applications (Third Edition)

It has been suggested that an army of monkeys might be trained to pound typewriters at random in the hope that ultimately great works of literature...

It has been suggested that an army of monkeys might be trained to pound typewriters at random in the hope that ultimately great works of literature...

It has been suggested that an army of monkeys might be trained to pound typewriters at random in the hope that ultimately great works of literature...

It has been suggested that an army of monkeys might be trained to pound typewriters at random in the hope that ultimately great works of literature...