Stefan (stefanbm)

Race #17353

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Official speed 73.38 wpm (90.60 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start July 22, 2020 2:45:10pm UTC
Race Finish July 22, 2020 2:46:41pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 4)
Opponents 1. reysettemart (77.53 wpm)
2. kellyfunk (76.53 wpm)
4. bakalu (70.41 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 118.63
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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.