ronaldo (ronaldo_gao)

Race #1276

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Official speed 89.37 wpm (74.39 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 30, 2019 6:21:31pm UTC
Race Finish January 30, 2019 6:22:45pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 4. dftkev (74.31 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 144.48
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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.