View Pit Stop page for race #21439 by jlachney — Ghost race
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| Official speed | 131.54 wpm (50.54 seconds elapsed during race) |
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| Race Start | April 2, 2019 5:25:48am UTC |
| Race Finish | April 2, 2019 5:26:38am UTC |
| Outcome | No win (2 of 5) |
| Opponents |
1. mako640 (170.61 wpm) 4. kayak1 (120.98 wpm) 5. btzombie (97.96 wpm) |
| Accuracy | 98.0% |
| Points | 212.66 |
| 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. |