View Pit Stop page for race #74 by ishwar88 — Ghost race
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Official speed | 109.42 wpm (60.76 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | February 1, 2019 12:11:41am UTC |
Race Finish | February 1, 2019 12:12:42am UTC |
Outcome | Win (1 of 5) |
Opponents |
2. poem (108.23 wpm) 3. mattyhassett (94.70 wpm) 5. ordeen (80.92 wpm) |
Accuracy | 98.0% |
Points | 176.90 |
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. |