View Pit Stop page for race #1031 by rafski — Ghost race
Official speed | 92.42 wpm (71.93 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | May 14, 2018 8:04:15pm UTC |
Race Finish | May 14, 2018 8:05:27pm UTC |
Outcome | No win (2 of 4) |
Opponents |
1. jljeskova (110.59 wpm) |
Accuracy | 98.0% |
Points | 149.41 |
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. |