Binnben (letranconghung)

Race #104

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Official speed 78.52 wpm (84.67 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start May 8, 2019 11:45:20am UTC
Race Finish May 8, 2019 11:46:45am UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 3)
Opponents 2. primarch (82.52 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 126.94
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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.