(zesty11)

Race #5623

View Pit Stop page for race #5623 by zesty11Ghost race

View profile for (zesty11)

Official speed 95.17 wpm (69.85 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start June 30, 2020 7:04:14pm UTC
Race Finish June 30, 2020 7:05:23pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 2. szlesh (96.93 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 153.86
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.