Lucky (napoleon_the_lame)

Race #2

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Official speed 89.46 wpm (74.31 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start November 5, 2018 12:58:26am UTC
Race Finish November 5, 2018 12:59:41am UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 4)
Opponents 4. floixman (75.57 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 144.63
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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.