View Pit Stop page for race #999 by brocky — Ghost race
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Official speed | 75.67 wpm (87.86 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | December 4, 2019 8:59:58pm UTC |
Race Finish | December 4, 2019 9:01:26pm UTC |
Outcome | No win (3 of 5) |
Opponents |
2. paper_ (78.54 wpm) 4. claudiu_9 (75.27 wpm) 5. mantroo (74.06 wpm) |
Accuracy | 95.0% |
Points | 122.33 |
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. |