Dan (squally1313)

Race #133

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Official speed 92.13 wpm (72.16 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start July 16, 2020 7:54:13pm UTC
Race Finish July 16, 2020 7:55:25pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 4)
Opponents 1. tshafer3 (103.91 wpm)
2. tinman430 (96.97 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 148.95
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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.