"Again, Post 310 does not prove that. It shows that a line of text from Hamlet did not appear in a specified finite interval. That does not mean that it would not appear in a longer finite interval - say, 10^70 years." - cracker
Then you didn't understand the math. The math SPECIFICALLY shows that you can calculate the odds of probability/improbability for the longer time period.
You have not done so. If you aren't willing to use math to refute the math that I posted, then you are unscientific. come back when you are willing to post the probability/improbability calculations for your longer time period and then we'll discuss the chances of the first sentence of Hamlet self-forming randomly.
By that point you might even understand how much the improbability increases and the corresponding probability decreases if you increase the size of that sentence by even one letter.
Until you can work the math, you've got nothing to contribute on this point.
By that point you might even understand how much the improbability increases and the corresponding probability decreases if you increase the size of that sentence by even one letter.
Dodge again. The math is clear - just as it is staggeringly unlikely that the correct alphabetical sequence will appear in 10^17 yers, it is VERY probable that it will appear in 10^70 years. Maybe you better go back to read the article. Or at least explain why I'm wrong.
As to why it becomes more difficult, that's easy too: add another character, and the difficulty increases by a factor of 34. Big deal - I guess this means we both got out of 6th grade.