View Pit Stop page for race #276 by medical_scribe — Ghost race
View profile for Elizabeth (medical_scribe)
Official speed | 57.17 wpm (116.28 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | February 19, 2018 11:09:42pm UTC |
Race Finish | February 19, 2018 11:11:38pm UTC |
Outcome | No win (3 of 4) |
Opponents |
2. conx_ (65.97 wpm) |
Accuracy | 98.0% |
Points | 92.42 |
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. |