View Pit Stop page for race #19654 by dhonuill — Ghost race
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Official speed | 109.72 wpm (60.59 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | August 14, 2017 5:34:18pm UTC |
Race Finish | August 14, 2017 5:35:19pm UTC |
Outcome | No win (2 of 5) |
Opponents |
1. mbalazs (115.73 wpm) 3. evandowning (106.82 wpm) 4. lackhoa (80.39 wpm) |
Accuracy | 99.0% |
Points | 177.37 |
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. |