View Pit Stop page for race #341 by k_u_s_h_a_l — Ghost race
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Official speed | 49.55 wpm (134.17 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | July 14, 2020 6:19:22pm UTC |
Race Finish | July 14, 2020 6:21:36pm UTC |
Outcome | No win (5 of 5) |
Opponents |
4. skipperbud (52.11 wpm) |
Accuracy | 94.0% |
Points | 80.11 |
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. |