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Along with Schrödinger’s Cat, the Infinite Monkeys Theorem is one of the most famous thought experiments. A new study, with tongue firmly in cheek, has calculated that you might be waiting seven googol years for your Shakespeare.

Imagine a future where text messaging is tracked by an algorithm that can identify truth from lies. A study suggests this kind of online polygraph is entirely possible, with early experiments showing a machine learning algorithm can separate truth from lies over 85 percent of the time.