On: The baffling intelligence of a single cell: The st...

[FartyMcFarter]

There's no selection pressure when a monkey bangs their hands on a keyboard. It's just randomness without any consequence. The letters are not interacting with each other or their environment in any significant way.

[arkey → FartyMcFarter]

What about offering the monkey some peanuts if he bangs correct words, the more correct words the more peanuts he gets?

I understand there would be limitations in the lifespan of the monkey and such, but in a hypothetical case, would that work?