View Pit Stop page for race #209 by mex7 — Ghost race
Official speed | 57.21 wpm (116.20 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | July 15, 2020 5:10:53am UTC |
Race Finish | July 15, 2020 5:12:49am UTC |
Outcome | No win (4 of 5) |
Opponents |
3. liljasonmoney (58.55 wpm) |
Accuracy | 96.0% |
Points | 92.49 |
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. |