typeyMcTypeFace (mslib9)

Race #10018

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Official speed 84.16 wpm (78.99 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start March 24, 2017 12:31:57pm UTC
Race Finish March 24, 2017 12:33:16pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 4)
Opponents 4. htariq (76.51 wpm)
Accuracy 93.0%
Points 0.00
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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.