Nox (potatogangsta)

Race #1422

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Official speed 82.66 wpm (80.43 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 9, 2020 2:45:21am UTC
Race Finish December 9, 2020 2:46:41am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 4)
Opponents 1. eckswiz_ (122.34 wpm)
3. gshark32 (82.16 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 133.64
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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.