View Pit Stop page for race #35373 by jaunty_jalopy — Ghost race
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| Official speed | 104.86 wpm (63.40 seconds elapsed during race) |
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| Race Start | October 5, 2017 8:26:32pm UTC |
| Race Finish | October 5, 2017 8:27:35pm UTC |
| Outcome | Win (1 of 4) |
| Opponents |
2. richyk1 (78.95 wpm) 4. terminaterjohn (74.79 wpm) |
| Accuracy | 100.0% |
| Points | 169.52 |
| 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. |