The simian allusion here is to T.H. Huxley's ''infinite monkey theorem.'' Keen reminds readers that Huxley theorized back in the 19th century that if infinite monkeys were equipped with infinite typewriters, eventually some of them would write masterpieces comparable to those of Shakespeare, Plato and Adam Smith.
By Cecil Johnson McClatchy News Service
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