Ross (m0nday)

Race #1646

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Official speed 71.26 wpm (93.29 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start August 28, 2018 5:27:22pm UTC
Race Finish August 28, 2018 5:28:56pm UTC
Outcome No win (4 of 5)
Opponents 2. dominicgangx (71.91 wpm)
Accuracy 94.0%
Points 115.21
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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.