sam (samuelhultman)

Race #189

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Official speed 126.53 wpm (52.54 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start July 4, 2020 9:54:27pm UTC
Race Finish July 4, 2020 9:55:19pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 3)
Opponents 2. agglomeration (113.62 wpm)
3. vick02 (97.83 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 204.56
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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.