Along with Schrödinger’s Cat, the Infinite Monkeys Theorem is one of the most famous thought experiments. A new study, with tongue firmly in cheek, has calculated that you might be waiting seven googol years for your Shakespeare.

A popular thought-experiment known as the "infinite monkey theorem" is debunked by Australian researchers.

It would take far longer than the lifespan of our universe for a typing monkey to randomly produce Shakespeare

This thought experiment has long been used to express how an infinite amount of time makes something that is incredibly unlikely -- but still technically possible -- become probable.