View Pit Stop page for race #68 by typing_giraffe — Ghost race
View profile for Curious (typing_giraffe)
| Official speed | 99.51 wpm (66.81 seconds elapsed during race) |
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| Race Start | January 13, 2020 3:29:28pm UTC |
| Race Finish | January 13, 2020 3:30:35pm UTC |
| Outcome | No win (3 of 5) |
| Opponents |
1. slayman19 (134.94 wpm) 2. dawittymidget (121.29 wpm) |
| Accuracy | 98.0% |
| Points | 160.87 |
| 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. |