raf (rafski)

Race #1031

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Official speed 92.42 wpm (71.93 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start May 14, 2018 8:04:15pm UTC
Race Finish May 14, 2018 8:05:27pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 4)
Opponents 1. jljeskova (110.59 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 149.41
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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.