View Pit Stop page for race #42865 by kayak1 — Ghost race
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Official speed | 125.82 wpm (52.84 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | February 18, 2017 11:29:44pm UTC |
Race Finish | February 18, 2017 11:30:37pm UTC |
Outcome | No win (2 of 3) |
Opponents |
1. misaka77 (132.90 wpm) |
Accuracy | 95.0% |
Points | 0.00 |
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. |