View Pit Stop page for race #1391 by borislav — Ghost race
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Official speed | 73.96 wpm (89.89 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | December 11, 2017 6:21:52pm UTC |
Race Finish | December 11, 2017 6:23:22pm UTC |
Outcome | No win (3 of 4) |
Accuracy | 96.0% |
Points | 119.56 |
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. |