A (fluffyx30037)

Race #10264

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Official speed 116.65 wpm (56.99 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start September 16, 2019 2:20:16am UTC
Race Finish September 16, 2019 2:21:13am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. ndonaldson (124.41 wpm)
3. johnafish (110.17 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 188.59
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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.