Monkey Tale

16 Sep

Slime-mould aggregation

Ok, this doesn’t sound as interesting at first as it really is. Dictyostelium discoideum is not really a mould and is only sometimes slimy. In fact its a form of ’social amoeba’.
What is really interesting about it is that normally these amoeba live alone, but when starved of food they work together to form a […]

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12 Sep

Does living in a city make you smarter?

This is rather a controversial question I know but it is something I have wondered about for a while. Before people start writing in, let me point out that I have lived in the country most of my life so I am no way trying to insult country people. Sorry about the picture, but I […]

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10 Sep

Computers, People, Monkeys and Randomness

As mentioned in my introductory post, a monkey could allegedly write the complete works of Shakespeare given enough time, due to random key bashing. Given infinite time and pure randomness then all and every event can and will happen, as infinite is never ending.
However, I have a problem with this theory. You see I don’t […]

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10 Sep

An introduction to Monkey Tale

This website is going to be a place where people can write ideas of any nature. They can be new ideas, unproven theories or just plain crazy ones.
It has often been said that if a monkey was placed in front of a typewriter and given an infinite amount of time he would eventually write the […]

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