View Pit Stop page for race #138 by slabcheek — Ghost race
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Official speed | 135.41 wpm (49.10 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | April 3, 2018 6:50:57pm UTC |
Race Finish | April 3, 2018 6:51:47pm UTC |
Outcome | Win (1 of 5) |
Opponents |
3. dahhr (92.79 wpm) 4. frogplayz (86.09 wpm) |
Accuracy | 100.0% |
Points | 218.91 |
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. |