View Pit Stop page for race #28385 by valikor — Ghost race
View profile for 👺John Lachney (valikor)
Official speed | 148.29 wpm (44.83 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | August 27, 2017 3:39:41pm UTC |
Race Finish | August 27, 2017 3:40:26pm UTC |
Outcome | Win (1 of 3) |
Opponents |
2. thunberg123 (118.95 wpm) |
Accuracy | 99.0% |
Points | 239.74 |
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. |