jun (jun0sck)

Race #1967

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Official speed 69.14 wpm (96.15 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start May 22, 2019 1:27:46am UTC
Race Finish May 22, 2019 1:29:22am UTC
Outcome No win (5 of 5)
Opponents 2. epoxi (80.24 wpm)
4. shlee (74.47 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 111.78
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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.