View Pit Stop page for race #2010 by koolkalang — Ghost race
View profile for Paolo (koolkalang)
Official speed | 112.91 wpm (58.88 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | October 20, 2017 4:27:10pm UTC |
Race Finish | October 20, 2017 4:28:09pm UTC |
Outcome | No win (3 of 3) |
Opponents |
1. sharoop (119.19 wpm) 2. kayak1 (117.49 wpm) |
Accuracy | 99.0% |
Points | 182.53 |
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. |