View Pit Stop page for race #2575 by destroyer_46 — Ghost race
View profile for Neil Adrian (destroyer_46)
Official speed | 100.62 wpm (66.07 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | December 18, 2017 8:32:23am UTC |
Race Finish | December 18, 2017 8:33:29am UTC |
Outcome | No win (3 of 4) |
Opponents |
1. pip_johnson (115.32 wpm) |
Accuracy | 98.0% |
Points | 162.66 |
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. |