Tommy (richtomfo)

Race #1031

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Official speed 54.26 wpm (122.52 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start April 25, 2017 6:19:31pm UTC
Race Finish April 25, 2017 6:21:34pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 3)
Opponents 3. goji60234 (50.71 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.