View Pit Stop page for race #443 by checkid8 — Ghost race
View profile for Uncle John Jr. the 5th (checkid8)
Official speed | 69.15 wpm (96.14 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | December 8, 2019 3:42:52pm UTC |
Race Finish | December 8, 2019 3:44:28pm UTC |
Outcome | Win (1 of 5) |
Accuracy | 95.0% |
Points | 111.80 |
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. |