A great many readers have things to say about the infinite-monkeys-on-typewriters issue. Here’s one I like:

Jonah,
The number of particles in the universe is about 10+80
So there cannot be more than this many monkeys with a typewriter. Yes, yes, I, too, was in ENG 101 and I know this number sounds low.
They cannot type faster than the speed of light:
300, 000 meters/sec: 10+5
They cannot have been typing longer than the age of the universe: 15,000,000,000 years : 10+10.
The number of seconds in a year are about 30,000,000 or 10+7.
The smallest distance their little fingers are from the keys? My guess is that the smallest measurable distance in the the universe is the length of a hard gamma ray: 10+ -18 meters.
This shows that the maximum number of events that could have occurred since the beginning of the universe is about 10+120.
Let’s imagine a typewriter keyboard with 32 keys. I have picked this because 32 x 32 is about 100 or 10+3.
So, every two keys I press correctly represent a 1 in a thousand chance or 10+3. Every four keys represent 10+4, etc.
There are 40 10+3s in 10+120. Multiply that by two correct keystrokes and, voila, we have 80 correct keystrokes in a row as the maximum number that have a reasonable chance at success.
You can do whatever you want with the age of the universe and all of the other factors and it will not change the conclusion: there is some factor other than chance to explain a book never mind living things.
In the case of the book it is human intelligence. Humans are part of nature. Or does anyone disagree? Therefore, intelligence is an integral part of the cosmos. Does anyone out there say that humans have the supreme mind? If not, then who or what does? Does intelligence operate without purpose? Never! Be it trivial or profound, be it wicked or holy, never! The existence of a supreme being? No doubt in my mind.
Pass the numbers by Derb, will ya, since I’m just an arithmetic challenged old pensioner?
sincerely,
M. McGlenister
P.S. Feel free to use my name.