The “Law of Probabilities”

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This Pearls Before Swine strip appeared on December 29, 2007 (click for full size):

For a related discussion, see the Infinite Monkey Theorem.

2 Responses to “The “Law of Probabilities””

  1. Ξ Says:

    My favorite line in the linked Wikipedia article is how when they actually tried to give typewriters to some monkeys, “their literary contribution was five pages consisting largely of the letter S”. So much for randomness.

  2. Olde Yupper Says:

    1 / 2481152873203736576. <– Probability of that actually happening..I believe…

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