JayBee (jaythebee)

Race #1207

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Official speed 58.17 wpm (114.29 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start September 4, 2018 5:12:26pm UTC
Race Finish September 4, 2018 5:14:20pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 4)
Opponents 1. benracer (80.32 wpm)
2. jack777 (77.01 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 94.04
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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.