Turtle (kameiphilip)

Race #1058

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Official speed 93.72 wpm (70.93 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 30, 2017 6:15:57pm UTC
Race Finish January 30, 2017 6:17:08pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 3. mhscool (84.31 wpm)
4. trighan1221 (73.31 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
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.