View Pit Stop page for race #1610 by gavinhardison — Ghost race
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| Official speed | 109.41 wpm (60.76 seconds elapsed during race) |
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| Race Start | June 4, 2019 12:19:19am UTC |
| Race Finish | June 4, 2019 12:20:20am UTC |
| Outcome | No win (3 of 5) |
| Opponents |
1. rosewolf (141.25 wpm) 2. cvh_ (121.66 wpm) 4. tamer_ (103.97 wpm) |
| Accuracy | 97.0% |
| Points | 176.89 |
| 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. |