View Pit Stop page for race #2773 by miach — Ghost race
View profile for Evil-Earth Dweller (miach)
Official speed | 72.67 wpm (91.48 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | July 7, 2019 12:24:51pm UTC |
Race Finish | July 7, 2019 12:26:23pm UTC |
Outcome | No win (3 of 4) |
Opponents |
2. regneva17 (73.78 wpm) |
Accuracy | 96.0% |
Points | 117.48 |
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. |