In memory of my father’s upcoming birthday, I wanted to highlight an article he once wrote for my online literary magazine, Literary Magic. Drawing from his knowledge as a mathematician, Dr. Jack Reichman, Ph.D, figured out a way to write an article that combined linguistics, an animal’s power of memory and mathematics to try and answer the question of whether or not monkeys, if given enough time, could learn to write prose as elegant as Shakespeare. Here’s a teaser below with a link to the full article:
“There are some who would believe that given enough time and energy, a monkey could be taught to type, get lucky, and write some memorable prose. These are probably the same people who believe that luck plays the major role in all art. Let’s see if that is really true by doing a thought experiment…..”
http://tinyurl.com/23t7tpk
Hope you enjoy. I’ll try to respond to any comments left.
