Borel said that if a million monkeys typed ten hours a day, it was extremely unlikely that their output would exactly equal all the books of the richest libraries of the world; and yet, in comparison, it was even more unlikely that the laws of statistical mechanics would ever be violated, even briefly.
Borel sagde, at hvis en million aber tastede ti timer om dagen, var det ekstremt usandsynligt, at deres output præcis ville være lig bøgerne i de største biblioteker i verden, og alligevel ville det være endnu mere usandsynligt, at den statistiske mekaniks love nogensinde vil blive brudt, selv kortvarigt.