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Official speed | 64.73 wpm (102.70 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | October 7, 2017 3:53:14pm UTC |
Race Finish | October 7, 2017 3:54:57pm UTC |
Outcome | No win (2 of 3) |
Accuracy | 97.0% |
Points | 104.65 |
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. |