# 43 monkeys escape from research facility in South Carolina because, why not? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 7, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869 "2024-11-07T17:08:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 29
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869/29 "2024-11-08T00:00:13Z")
See > [@I pit the "infinite" monkeys study](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-infinite-monkeys-study/1009573): > > Ok it take a LOT to irritate me at this exact point in history that is not related to a certain orange felonious fascist. But this managed it: I can only assume the authors of this paper are just trolling. Of course a small finite number of monkeys in a finite amount of time could not write Shakespeare. The fact they couldn’t is like the whole point of the thought experiment. The whole point of the thought experiment is to highlight how big infinity is. An infinity is infinitely longer than t… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869)._