View Pit Stop page for race #204 by mejikmahn — Ghost race
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Official speed | 69.69 wpm (95.39 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | August 25, 2020 8:21:20am UTC |
Race Finish | August 25, 2020 8:22:55am UTC |
Outcome | No win (3 of 4) |
Opponents |
1. 18838007960 (78.35 wpm) 4. hero_shukla (67.22 wpm) |
Accuracy | 96.0% |
Points | 112.66 |
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. |