Dan (bstacks100)

Race #1574

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Official speed 110.13 wpm (60.37 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start June 16, 2020 12:44:34am UTC
Race Finish June 16, 2020 12:45:34am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. macieje (120.67 wpm)
3. jose_backwards (96.44 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 178.05
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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.