View Pit Stop page for race #984 by stoician — Ghost race
Official speed | 71.79 wpm (92.60 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | January 11, 2020 2:55:52pm UTC |
Race Finish | January 11, 2020 2:57:25pm UTC |
Outcome | No win (4 of 5) |
Opponents |
1. cmagic_f (78.04 wpm) 2. iamtheo (74.90 wpm) 3. jharwell626 (72.54 wpm) |
Accuracy | 98.0% |
Points | 116.06 |
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. |