However, this is purely a mathematical theory where the "monkey" is a metaphor for an abstract device and the "almost surely" represents the laws of probability.
Nonetheless, this idea has been portrayed in much popular culture from The Simpsons, to The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy and so on. Because drama has decreased in popularity in the last 50 years, recent researchers decided to put idea into practice yet with a modern twist:
In a recent project entitled Monkeys + Synthesizers, a variety of monkeys are presented synthesisers and allowed to "experiment" as much as they like.
Monkeying around.
The results are interesting, at first most of what they play sound like the 20th century minimalist compositions of such artists as Steve Reich, LaMonte Younge or Phillip Glass: Erratic, conceptual, droning and fairly dissonant.
Yet with some clever editing, the creators sample the music from each monkey and to be honest, it sounds better than the majority of Top 40 artists compositions. It says a lot that an animal who is less developed than us can create better music even without understanding the actual concept of music itself.
Maybe monkeys are the future of music.
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