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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1981 | 2017-08-10 14:56:17 | 99.92 | 99% |
1785 | 2017-08-04 18:50:04 | 100.67 | 99% |
86 | 2017-03-20 18:13:55 | 95.42 | 98% |