Infinite Monkeys: Putting the Infinite Monkey Theorem to the Test

Infinite Monkeys is a game that puts the Infinite Monkey Theorem to the test. The goal is to write the entire first scene of Shakespeare's King Lear, one random letter at a time. The monkeys type letters at random until one hits the correct one, and each completed letter earns the player $1. The game is absurdly long, with the first scene of King Lear being 14,326 characters long, but that's part of the fun.

To make the game more interesting, players can hire more monkeys and motivate the existing ones to work faster by buying posters and banana trees. The music and sound effects can be toggled on and off by clicking on the radio.

The game is based on the Infinite Monkey Theorem, which posits that a monkey on a typewriter, given infinite time, would be able to write any complex piece of literature, such as King Lear. The game is a practical compromise, as it would take a single monkey generating purely random strings of length 14,326 over some period of time to write the first scene of King Lear. The number of possible strings the monkey could generate is a whopping 34^(14,326), which is a decimal number that's 21,940 decimal digits long.

Infinite Monkeys is a fun and educational game that demonstrates the absurdity of the Infinite Monkey Theorem. It's a great way to pass the time and learn about probability and statistics. Give it a try and see how many letters you can get the monkeys to type!