troy (troysimpson)

Race #160

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Official speed 82.77 wpm (80.32 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start June 9, 2020 1:47:39pm UTC
Race Finish June 9, 2020 1:48:59pm UTC
Outcome No win (4 of 5)
Opponents 1. comeonn1 (110.98 wpm)
2. cuckboii (91.82 wpm)
3. alekscadalin (86.77 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 133.81
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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.