View Pit Stop page for race #1403 by chorboe — Ghost race
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Official speed | 85.99 wpm (77.31 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | May 2, 2019 4:05:49pm UTC |
Race Finish | May 2, 2019 4:07:07pm UTC |
Outcome | Win (1 of 4) |
Accuracy | 96.0% |
Points | 139.02 |
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. |