Neko (pippaola)

Race #21135

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Official speed 87.72 wpm (75.79 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start March 16, 2020 2:43:15pm UTC
Race Finish March 16, 2020 2:44:31pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. zacharykjh (96.40 wpm)
3. zsolesz71 (76.53 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 141.81
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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.