View Pit Stop page for race #5627 by mindcrime — Ghost race
View profile for Dagareth (mindcrime)
Official speed | 74.93 wpm (88.72 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | January 22, 2017 9:04:26pm UTC |
Race Finish | January 22, 2017 9:05:55pm UTC |
Outcome | No win (4 of 5) |
Opponents |
1. moron212 (103.34 wpm) 2. ohmygevalt (88.64 wpm) 3. wuhan_clan (82.65 wpm) |
Accuracy | 92.0% |
Points | 0.00 |
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. |