Vincent (typeasdfracer)

Race #1010

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Official speed 65.21 wpm (101.95 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 26, 2018 2:40:41pm UTC
Race Finish December 26, 2018 2:42:23pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 3. rawners (63.71 wpm)
4. marzelin (62.40 wpm)
5. ahot (58.59 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 105.42
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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.