View Pit Stop page for race #48 by pip_johnson — Ghost race
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Official speed | 115.32 wpm (57.65 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | December 18, 2017 8:32:23am UTC |
Race Finish | December 18, 2017 8:33:20am UTC |
Outcome | Win (1 of 4) |
Opponents |
3. destroyer_46 (100.62 wpm) |
Accuracy | 98.0% |
Points | 186.44 |
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. |