don (seichan_04)

Race #1336

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Official speed 73.41 wpm (90.56 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start July 4, 2020 7:46:57am UTC
Race Finish July 4, 2020 7:48:28am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. mb031 (74.73 wpm)
3. 3277772 (69.11 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 118.69
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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.