Re: Why are there no math prodigy monkeys?

In article <87vf45go6j.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Jesse F. Hughes <jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>lrudolph@xxxxxxxxx (Lee Rudolph) writes:
>
>> David C. Ullrich <ullrich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>>On 22 Jun 2005 22:56:32 -0700, "double d" <markdemers15@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>If there are 3 year old human prodigies who can do calculus, why aren't
>>>>there prodigy monkeys
>>>>who can add, divide, and multiply?
>>>
>>>How could you possibly know that there are no such monkeys?
>>
>> Because if there were, he'd have hired them, yet there are
>> none on his payroll? (A pity, too; they'd work for peanuts.)
>
>No. Monkeys are always too distracted by literary pursuits. Mark
>knows better than to hire that crowd.

Ah yes, they're always trying to type out the works of William
Shakespeare.

Robert Israel israel@xxxxxxxxxxx
Department of Mathematics http://www.math.ubc.ca/~israel
University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada
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