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.
Game | Time | WPM | Accuracy |
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7557 | 2017-05-30 20:30:04 | 112.10 | 96% |
5517 | 2017-05-09 17:01:10 | 112.69 | 97% |
2793 | 2017-04-13 20:49:56 | 115.03 | 98% |
1386 | 2017-03-28 20:58:37 | 114.62 | 98% |
1336 | 2017-03-28 19:58:36 | 107.49 | 96% |