Joel (speclor)

Race #126

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Official speed 75.95 wpm (87.53 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start June 17, 2020 5:26:00pm UTC
Race Finish June 17, 2020 5:27:27pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 2. raaed_23 (81.00 wpm)
Accuracy 99.0%
Points 122.78
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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.