Barak (barak0)

Race #108

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Official speed 69.24 wpm (96.01 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start April 19, 2020 12:22:12pm UTC
Race Finish April 19, 2020 12:23:48pm UTC
Outcome No win (4 of 5)
Opponents 2. useflame (85.13 wpm)
3. d1c3xd (84.12 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 111.94
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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.