View Pit Stop page for race #1499 by yentzeg — Ghost race
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| Official speed | 66.09 wpm (100.59 seconds elapsed during race) |
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| Race Start | September 4, 2020 4:15:36pm UTC |
| Race Finish | September 4, 2020 4:17:17pm UTC |
| Outcome | No win (4 of 5) |
| Opponents |
1. amogh1420 (84.41 wpm) 3. aidan3540 (67.90 wpm) |
| Accuracy | 96.0% |
| Points | 106.85 |
| 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. |