View Pit Stop page for race #120 by tomchisman — Ghost race
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| Official speed | 54.14 wpm (122.79 seconds elapsed during race) |
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| Race Start | April 27, 2020 5:22:53pm UTC |
| Race Finish | April 27, 2020 5:24:55pm UTC |
| Outcome | No win (2 of 4) |
| Accuracy | 95.0% |
| Points | 87.52 |
| Text | #3622360 (Length: 554 characters) The view that machines cannot give rise to surprises is due, I believe, to a fallacy to which philosophers and mathematicians are particularly subject. This is the assumption that as soon as a fact is presented to a mind all consequences of that fact spring into the mind simultaneously with it. It is a very useful assumption under many circumstances, but one too easily forgets that it is false. A natural consequence of doing so is that one then assumes that there is no virtue in the mere working out of consequences from data and general principles. |