vinnii (slowvinni)

Race #19082

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Official speed 161.47 wpm (41.17 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start April 1, 2020 4:14:04pm UTC
Race Finish April 1, 2020 4:14:45pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 4)
Opponents 2. slayman19 (133.74 wpm)
3. teiloq (123.18 wpm)
Accuracy 99.0%
Points 261.04
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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.