josh (trek5900)

Race #1007

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Official speed 93.23 wpm (71.31 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start April 3, 2017 1:42:58am UTC
Race Finish April 3, 2017 1:44:10am UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 4)
Opponents 1. nickmanning214 (99.06 wpm)
2. bb__ (96.57 wpm)
4. jackattack45 (73.49 wpm)
Accuracy 94.0%
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.