View Pit Stop page for race #5269 by dalineth — Ghost race
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Official speed | 95.65 wpm (69.50 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | July 15, 2018 10:09:38am UTC |
Race Finish | July 15, 2018 10:10:48am UTC |
Outcome | Win (1 of 3) |
Opponents |
2. euphorichardstyle (81.89 wpm) |
Accuracy | 98.0% |
Points | 154.63 |
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. |