View Pit Stop page for race #18896 by deskripper — Ghost race
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| Official speed | 127.60 wpm (52.10 seconds elapsed during race) |
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| Race Start | December 3, 2020 9:43:47pm UTC |
| Race Finish | December 3, 2020 9:44:39pm UTC |
| Outcome | No win (3 of 5) |
| Opponents |
1. g1_petroleum (133.56 wpm) 2. shippylord (129.17 wpm) 5. onah (97.54 wpm) |
| Accuracy | 98.0% |
| Points | 206.29 |
| 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. |