Awit (tomas1)

Race #121

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Official speed 85.92 wpm (77.37 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start February 27, 2020 8:26:35am UTC
Race Finish February 27, 2020 8:27:53am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 4)
Opponents 2. johnsonkh96 (69.57 wpm)
4. myki21 (56.88 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 138.90
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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.