View Pit Stop page for race #5450 by awriter — Ghost race
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Official speed | 57.76 wpm (115.10 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | December 30, 2018 7:30:37pm UTC |
Race Finish | December 30, 2018 7:32:32pm UTC |
Outcome | No win (4 of 5) |
Opponents |
1. notelex (64.72 wpm) 3. antifragile (58.36 wpm) |
Accuracy | 96.0% |
Points | 93.37 |
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. |