matt (matterz5)

Race #1700

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Official speed 63.44 wpm (104.79 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start April 10, 2018 5:21:23pm UTC
Race Finish April 10, 2018 5:23:08pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 4. deepakdasprakash (58.39 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 102.57
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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.